Ruperto Herrera Tabio (born December 6, 1949 in Havana) is a former basketball player from Cuba. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the

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and small forward positions. He received the FIBA Order of Merit in 1999, and he became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in 2015. He was awarded with the Olympic Order, in 2019.Olympic Order given to Patrick Baumann posthumously.
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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

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, as he played at Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, and Moscow 1980. He also played at two

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s, playing at Yugoslavia 1970, and Puerto Rico 1974. With Cuba, he won the

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at the

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. He also won the bronze medal at the

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, which were held in Munich, West Germany.

References

External links

FIBA Hall of Fame profile
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