Tiit Sokk
Tiit Sokk coaching Estonia in 2006
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| Estonia | |
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| Position | Head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 15, 1964 Tartu, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1979–1998 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1998–present |
| Career history | |
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| 1979–1984 | Tallinna Kalev |
| 1984–1986 | Dynamo Moscow |
| 1986–1992 | Tallinna Kalev |
| 1992–1996 | Panathinaikos |
| 1996–1997 | Tallinna Kalev |
| 1997–1998 | Aris |
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| 1998–2004 | Nybit |
| 2004–2007 | Estonia |
| 2005–2008 | Dalkia/Nybit |
| 2006–2007 | Noortekoondis/Audentes |
| 2009–2010 | Noortekoondis |
| 2009–present | Estonia |
| 2010 | Kalev/Cramo (assistant) |
| 2010–2014 | TTÜ |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tiit Sokk (Tout Giannopoulos) (born 15 November 1964) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position.
His most notable achievements include winning the Olympic gold medal as a member of the Soviet Union national team in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, the silver medal with the same team twice in the 1986 and 1990 World Championships, as well as the bronze medal at the Eurobasket 1989. He won the Soviet Union League title in 1991 with Kalev Tallinn and ended his professional career as a player in 1997, after playing a season with Aris in Greece.
During his playing time in Greece, mostly with Panathinaikos, he acquired Greek citizenship and his Greek name is Tout Giannopoulos.
Sokk was awarded the Estonian best male athlete award in 1988. Since then he has founded a basketball school in Estonia, coached in the Estonian Basketball League and has been the coach of the Estonian National Basketball team since 2004.
Tiit Sokk has two sons, Tanel and Sten, who also play basketball at the international level for Estonian teams Tartu Ülikool/Rock and Rakvere Tarvas respectively. In August 2011, Tiit Sokk was inducted to the Estonian Basketball Hall Of Fame.
Achievements with club
- Tallinna Kalev
- Soviet Union League Champion: 1991
- Soviet Estonian Championship: 1984, 1985
- Estonian Championship: 1992
- Panathinaikos
- Greek Championship
- Runner-up: 1993, 1995, 1996
- Greek Basketball Cup: 1993, 1996
References
- Tiit Sokk at basketpedya.com
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| Preceded by | Estonian Sportsman of the Year 1991 |
Succeeded by Kaido Kaaberma |
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Aris B.C. players
- Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Estonian basketball coaches
- Estonian basketball players
- Estonian expatriate basketball people
- Estonian expatriates in Greece
- Estonian expatriates in Russia
- Expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Greek basketball coaches
- Greek basketball players
- Greek Basket League players
- Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Panathinaikos B.C. players
- Sportspeople from Tartu
- Point guards
- Soviet basketball players
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
