Tiit Sokk

Tiit Sokk

Tiit Sokk in 2006
Point Guard
Personal information
Date of birth	November 15, 1964 (1964-11-15) (age 46) Tartu, Estonia
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
Pro career	1979–1998
Career history
As player: 1979–1984 Tallinna Kalev 1984–1986 Dynamo Moscow 1986–1992 Tallinna Kalev 1992–1996 Panathinaikos 1996–1997 Tallinna Kalev 1997–1998 Aris
As coach: 1998–2008 Nybit 2004–2007, 2009– Estonia 201000000 BC Kalev/Cramo assistant coach
Career highlights and awards
Soviet Union Champion (1991) Estonian Champion (1984, 1985, 1992) Greek Cup Winner (1993, 1996)
Career statistics
Points	?
Rebounds	?
Assists	?
Stats at NBA.com

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	Team Competition
World Championship
Silver	Madrid 1986	USSR
Silver	Buenos Aires 1990	USSR
EuroBasket
Bronze	Yugoslavia 1989	USSR

Tiit Sokk (Tout Giannopoulos) (born November 15, 1964 in Tartu) is a retired Estonian professional basketball player who played mostly at the point guard position.

His most notable achievements include winning the Olympic gold medal as a member of the Soviet Union team in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the silver medal with the same team twice in the 1986 and 1990 World Championships. He won the Soviet Union league championship in 1991 as a member of the Tallinn Kalev basketball team and ended his professional career as a player in 1997, after playing a season with the Aris BC in Greece.

During his playing time in Greece, mostly with Panathinaikos, he acquired Greek citizenship and his Greek name is Tout Giannopoulos.

Sokk was awarded the Estonian best male athlete award in 1988. Since then he has founded a basketball school in Estonia, coached in Estonian Basketball League and has been the coach of the Estonian National Basketball team since 2004.

Tiit Sokk has two sons, Tanel and Sten, who also play basketball at international level for Estonian top teams BC Kalev/Cramo and Tartu Ülikool/Rock respectively. In august 2011, Tiit Sokk was introduced to Estonias Basketball Hall Of Fame.

Achievements with club

Tallinna Kalev

• Soviet Union Championship: 1991
• Soviet Estonian Championship: 1984, 1985
• Estonian Championship: 1992

Panathinaikos BC

• Greek Championship
  • Runner-up: 1993, 1995, 1996
• Greek Basketball Cup: 1993, 1996

References

• Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• 1986 FIBA World Championship
• 1990 FIBA World Championship
• EuroBasket 1989
• Tiit Sokk (in Estonian)
• Tiit Sokk at basketpedya.com

Awards
Preceded by Jüri Jaanson	Estonian Sportsman of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Kaido Kaaberma

Persondata
Name	Sokk, Tiit
Alternative names	Giannopoulos, Tout
Short description
Date of birth	November 15, 1964
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death