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Meir Tapiro Position Point Guard Height 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) Weight 192 lb (87 kg) League Ligat HaAl Team Maccabi Ashdod Born 28 March 1975
Haifa, IsraelNationality Israeli College None Pro career 1994–present Career history Hapoel Tel Aviv (1994–1996)
Hapoel Eilat (1996–1998)
Maccabi Haifa (1998–2000)
Hapoel Jerusalem (2000–2003)
Bnei Hasharon (2003–2004)
Nancy (2004–2005)
Hapoel Jerusalem (2005–2007)
Bnei Hasharon (2007–2009)
Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2009–2010)Meir Tapiro (Hebrew: מאיר טפירו), born 28 March 1975) is an Israeli basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Ashdod. Tapiro plays in the Point Guard position.
Tapiro has started playing at the youth department of Elitzur Kiryat Ata. He started his professional career at Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin. During his career, Tapiro played also at Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, Hapoel Jerusalem, Bnei HaSharon, Nancy and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.
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Triple Doubles
Tapiro was the first Israeli player to achieve a Triple-double. It happened during a game at 1 February 1999 when he finished the game with 16 Points, 12 Rebounds and 10 Assists playing for Maccabi Haifa. Meir was also the first Israeli to achieve a Triple-double in an international game as he led Hapoel Jerusalem to a 118–95 win over BC Odessa at the EuroCup Challenge in 2003. Up to date Tapiro has achieved 5 Triple Doubles throughout his career.
Israel National Team
Meir played for the Israeli National Team in every Eurobasket since 1999,including, Eurobasket 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. His best performance on a Eurobasket event was at Eurobasket 2001 where he averaged 13.3 Pts, 4.8 Rebs and 3.5 Assists.
On 27 May 2009, Tapiro announced his immediate retirement from the Israeli national team, which is due to participate in Eurobasket 2009, citing the need to rest and prepare himself physically and mentally for next season.
Honours
- Israeli State Cup
- Winner: 2006/07
External links
Israel squad – EuroBasket 2003 – 7th place Israel squad – EuroBasket 2005 – 9th place Israel squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 11th place Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- Israeli Basketball Super League players
- Israeli basketball players
- Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin basketball players
- Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Hapoel Eilat basketball players
- Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. players
- Bnei HaSharon players
- Maccabi Rishon LeZion basketball players
- Maccabi Ashdod B.C. players
- Point guards
- SLUC Nancy Basket players
- People from Haifa
- Israeli State Cup
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