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Ruperto Herrera

Personal information
Born	(1949-12-06) December 6, 1949 (age 75) Havana, Cuba
Listed height	6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1971: undrafted
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	5
Career history
0	Capitalinos
1964–1982	Industriales
0	Habana
Career highlights and awards
Olympic Order (2019) FIBA Order of Merit (1999) 9× Cuban League champion (1964–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975)
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Cuba Summer Olympic Games 1972 Munich Pan American Games 1971 Colombia CentroBasket 1965 Mexico 1967 El Salvador 1969 Cuba 1971 Venezuela 1975 Dominican Republic 1981 Puerto Rico Summer Universiade 1970 Italy

Ruperto Nicolás Herrera Tabio (born December 6, 1949, in Havana) is a former basketball player from Cuba. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 3⁄4") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the shooting guard 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.

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 Summer Olympic Games, as he played at Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, and Moscow 1980. He also played at two FIBA World Cups, playing at Yugoslavia 1970, and Puerto Rico 1974.

With Cuba, he won the bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games. He also won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Munich, West Germany.

References

1. HALL OF FAMERS Ruperto HERRERA TABIO (Cuba).
2. Olympic Order given to Patrick Baumann posthumously.

External links

• Ruperto Herrera Tabio at the FIBA Hall of Fame
• FIBA.com profile (archive)
• Ruperto Herrera Tabio at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Ruperto Herrera Tabio at Olympedia (archive)
• Ruperto Herrera Tabio at Olympics.com

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v t e Cuba squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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