Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko ( be, Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка; russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born March 25, 1945 in Stetski village,

Hrodna Voblast Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

) is a retired

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player and

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Club career

During his

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career, Edeshko trained at the

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces (russian: спортивные клубы Армии �КА} ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; russian: Физкультурно-спортив� ...

, in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. He spent most of his career with

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

Soviet national team

Edeshko won a gold medal with the senior Soviet national team at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

. In the gold medal game against the American national team, Edeshko's full-court length inbound pass led to

Alexander Belov Alexander Alexandrovich Belov, commonly known as Sasha Belov (November 9, 1951 – October 3, 1978), was a Soviet basketball player. During his playing career, he played at the center position. Belov is most remembered for scoring the game ...

's game-winning basket with no time left on the game clock. The game's final score was 51–50.Олимпийский чемпион 1972 года по баскетболу Иван Едешко: Водка с икрой — за победу над США
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Biography

CSKAlogia.com profile
1945 births Living people People from Hrodna District Armed Forces sports society athletes Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball PBC CSKA Moscow coaches PBC CSKA Moscow players Point guards Belarusian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players Soviet basketball coaches Honoured Coaches of Russia Merited Coaches of the Soviet Union FIBA World Championship-winning players Spartak athletes Sportspeople from Grodno Region {{Belarus-basketball-bio-stub