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{{Short description|Cuban basketball player (born 1949)}}
{{family name hatnote|Herrera|Tabio|lang=Spanish}} 
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| weight_lb       = 210
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|6}}
| birth_place     = [[Havana]], Cuba
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| draft_year      = 1971
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| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| career_number   = 5
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| team1           = Capitalinos
| years2          = 1964–1982
| team2           = Industriales
| years3          = {{0}}
| team3           = Habana
| highlights      = 
*[[Olympic Order]] (2019)
*[[FIBA Order of Merit]] (1999)
*9× Cuban League champion (1964–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975)
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{bk|CUB}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Colombia]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CentroBasket]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1965 Centrobasket|1965 Mexico]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1967 Centrobasket|1967 El Salvador]] | }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1969 Centrobasket|1969 Cuba]] | }}
{{MedalGold| [[1971 Centrobasket|1971 Venezuela]] | }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1975 Centrobasket|1975 Dominican Republic]] | }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1981 Centrobasket|1981 Puerto Rico]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Basketball at the 1970 Summer Universiade|1970 Italy]] | }}
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'''Ruperto Nicolás Herrera Tabio''' (born December 6, 1949, in [[Havana]]) is a former [[basketball]] player from [[Cuba]]. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 {{3/4}}") tall, and a weight of 95&nbsp;kg (210&nbsp;lbs.), he played at the [[shooting guard]] and [[small forward]] positions. He received the [[FIBA Order of Merit]] in 1999, and he became a [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame player]], in 2015.<ref>[http://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Ruperto-HERRERA-TABIO HALL OF FAMERS Ruperto HERRERA TABIO (Cuba).]</ref> He was awarded with the [[Olympic Order]], in 2019.<ref>[https://www.eurohoops.net/en/fiba/899108/olympic-order-given-to-patrick-baumann-posthumously/ Olympic Order given to Patrick Baumann posthumously.]</ref>

==Club career==
Herrera was a nine-time champion of the top-tier level Cuban league, in the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, and 1975.

==National team career==
Herrera was a long-time member of the senior men's [[Cuban national basketball team]]. With Cuba's senior national team, he played at four [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]], as he played at [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico 1968]], [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]], [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]], and [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]]. He also played at two [[FIBA World Cup]]s, playing at [[1970 FIBA World Championship|Yugoslavia 1970]], and [[1974 FIBA World Championship|Puerto Rico 1974]].

With Cuba, he won the [[bronze medal]] at the [[Basketball at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971 Pan American Games]]. He also won the bronze medal at the [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Summer Olympic Games]], which were held in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.fiba.basketball/hall-of-fame/Ruperto-HERRERA-TABIO Ruperto Herrera Tabio] at the [[FIBA Hall of Fame]]
* [https://archive.today/20160706003521/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Ruperto%20HERRERA/pid/82767/_//players.html FIBA.com profile] (archive)
* {{databaseOlympics|HERRERUP01|archive=20070216155829}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|ruperto-herrera-tabio}}

{{Cuba Men Basketball Squad 1971 Pan American Games}}
{{Cuba Men Basketball Squad 1972 Summer Olympics}}
{{FIBA Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:1970 FIBA World Championship players]]
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[[Category:FIBA Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic basketball players for Cuba]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in basketball]]
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[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in basketball]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Small forwards]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Havana]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Cuba]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Cuban sportsmen]]


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