Olympic champions in basketball Pitheshko and Ovechkin’s mother received honorary signs of the Ministry of Sports

Two -time Olympic champion in basketball Tatyana Ovechkina and Olympic champion Ivan Pivshko received honorary signs of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation “Excellence in Physical Culture and Sports”, the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Mikhail Degtyarev said in the Telegram channel.

On March 19, Tatyana Ovechkina turned 75 years old. She won the Olympic Games twice (1976, 1980), won the World Cup (1975) and six times became the European champion (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980).

On March 25, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR and Russia, the champion of the Olympic Games – 1972 as part of the USSR national team Fine is 80 years old. At the games in Munich in the final meeting of the basketball tournament from the United States, Pidoshko became the author of the decisive pass, Alexander Belov, three seconds before the end of the match.

– The honorary sign of the Ministry of Sports of Russia “Excellence in Physical Culture and Sports” presented today at once to two legends of domestic and world basketball.

Tatyana Nikolaevna Olympic victories, leadership in the USSR national team is a vivid example of boundless devotion to sports.

In difficult times, when many teams broke up, Tatyana Nikolaevna made efforts to preserve the Dynamo’s native club and led him to new victories.

The legendary “golden pass” Ivan Ivanovich became a symbol of the triumph when our team at the Olympics -72 pulled out the victory from the Americans. This victory, success at the world and European championships brought world fame to all domestic basketball.

The sports path of our Olympic champions is a source of inspiration for young athletes dreaming of great victories. We are proud of our champions! – wrote Degtyarev.

Tatyana Ovechkina is the mother of the Captain of the NHL Club “Washington Capitals” Alexander Ovechkin.