| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 August 1947 Lüshunkou, China Under Soviet occupation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 2004 (aged 57) Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | Burevestnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1975 | Budivelnyk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sergey Ivanovich Kovalenko (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Ковале́нко, Ukrainian: Сергій Іванович Коваленко; born 11 August 1947,[1] died 18 November 2004 at age 57 in Kyiv[2]) was a Soviet Ukrainian basketball player who won the gold medal with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympics. He played for CSKA Moscow (1976–1980).[3]
