Tiit Sokk

Tiit Sokk

Tiit Sokk coaching Estonia in 2006
Personal information
Born	(1964-11-15) 15 November 1964 (age 59) Tartu, Estonia
Nationality	Estonian
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
Playing career	1979–1998
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1998–present
Career history
As player:
1979–1984	Kalev
1984–1986	Dynamo Moscow
1986–1992	Kalev
1992–1996	Panathinaikos
1996–1997	Kalev
1997–1998	Aris
As coach:
1998–2008	Triobet/Dalkia
2006–2010	Audentes/Noortekoondis
2010	Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2010–2014	TTÜ
2014–present	Betoonimeister/Tskk/Nord
Career highlights and awards
As player: Estonian Basketball Hall Of Fame (2010) Estonian Sportsman of the Year (1991) USSR League champion (1991) 2× Estonian SSR champion (1984, 1985) Estonian League champion (1992) 3× Estonian SSR Cup winner (1983, 1984, 1986) 2× Greek Cup winner (1993, 1996) As coach: 2× I Liiga (2007, 2017) International Student Basketball League (2013)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Soviet Union Summer Olympics 1988 Seoul FIBA World Cup 1986 Spain 1990 Argentina EuroBasket 1989 Yugoslavia

Tiit Sokk (born 15 November 1964) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player and current coach. Often cited as one of the very best European point guards of his generation, he is widely recognized as the greatest Estonian basketball player in history. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010.^[1]

Professional career

Sokk was awarded the Estonian best male athlete award in 1988. He won the Soviet Union League title in 1991 with Kalev Tallinn, and ended his career as a player in 1997, after playing a season with Aris in Greece.

National team career

Sokk's most notable achievement was winning the Olympic gold medal as a member of the Soviet Union national team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2] He also won two FIBA World Cup silver medals in 1986 and 1990, as well as the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1989.^[3]

Coaching career

After his playing career, Sokk founded a basketball school in Estonia (Tiit Soku Korvpallikool), and coached in the Estonian Basketball League. He also was head coach of the Estonia national team during two different stints from 2004–2007 and 2009–2019.

Personal life

Tiit Sokk has two sons, Tanel and Sten, who also play professional basketball at the international level for Estonian teams BC Tartu and Kalev/Cramo respectively. During his career in Greece he played under the name Tout Giannopoulos.

Achievements

Kalev Tallinn

• 2× Soviet Estonian champion: 1984, 1985
• Soviet Union League champion: 1991
• Estonian League champion: 1992
• Estonian Basketball Hall of Fame: 2010

Panathinaikos

• 3× Greek League runner-up: 1993, 1995, 1996
• 2× Greek Cup winner: 1993, 1996

References

External links

• Tiit Sokk at Olympedia
• Tiit Sokk at the Estonian Olympic Committee (archived)
• Tiit Sokk at ESBL (in Estonian)