Meir Tapiro

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 (1975-03-28) (age 36) Haifa, Israel
Nationality	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.

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

• Meir Tapiro at the Eurobasket 2007 site
• Meir Tapiro at the Eurocup site

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Name	Tapiro, Meir
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Date of birth	March 28, 1975
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
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