Priit Tomson
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Priit Tomson (November 3, 1942, Tallinn, 193 cm) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two gold medals at the World Championship.[1] Tomson is a three-time Eurobasket champion with the Soviet Union national basketball team. He was a member of the youth and student teams of the Soviet Union in 1963–65 and the senior team in 1966–74 as a small forward. [2] The highest-scoring player in the Estonian National Team throughout his long career.He was described as a basketball aristocrat, who was characterised by skilful operating in picking up offensive rebounds and accurate throwing from central positions and was often tasked with neutralising the opponents’ most dangerous players. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010.[3]
Club career
Tomson's career started at the age of 18 in 1961 when he joined TPI basketball team (Tallinn Polytechnic Institute). After that he played for Kalev Tartu at the Championships of the Soviet Union in 1963–76 and for the Estonian National Team, which he captained from 1969.
Achievements
National Team
- Olympic Games: File:Med 3.png 1968
- World Championships: File:Med 1.png 1967,
File:Med 3.png 1970, File:Med 1.png 1974
- European Championships: File:Med 1.png 1967, File:Med 1.png 1969, File:Med 1.png 1971
Club
- Estonian SSR Championship: 1961-1966, 1979
References
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- ↑ "Priit Tomson
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) Template:ISBN, p. 252.
- ↑ Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Priit Tomson
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- 1942 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Tallinn
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- FIBA EuroBasket–winning players
- Estonian men's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Soviet men's basketball players
- 1967 FIBA World Championship players
- 1970 FIBA World Championship players
- 1974 FIBA World Championship players
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- FIBA World Championship–winning players
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- KK Kalev players
- Tallinn University of Technology alumni