A farewell ceremony for Olympic champion and former basketball…
A farewell ceremony for Olympic champion and former basketball player Ivan Edeshko was held in Moscow on August 7, 2024, following his death on July 30 at the age of 81 or 82. He was buried with military honors at the Federal Military Memorial 'Pantheon of Defenders of the Fatherland' in Mytishchi.
Consensus
- Ivan Edeshko died on July 30.
- A farewell ceremony was held on August 7 in Moscow.
- The ceremony took place at the indoor athletics-football complex of CSKA (KLFK CSKA) on Leningradsky Avenue.
- The ceremony began at 10:30.
- Ivan Edeshko was an Olympic champion from 1972 and a member of the USSR national basketball team.
- He played for CSKA Moscow and won multiple titles, including eight Soviet championships.
- He was buried with military honors at the Federal Military Memorial ‘Pantheon of Defenders of the Fatherland’ in Mytishchi.
- Edeshko was involved in basketball as both a player and a coach, winning the 1982 World Championship as part of the Soviet team’s staff.
Points of divergence
- Edeshko died at the age of 82. — kommersant
- Edeshko died at the age of 81. — vm
- The cause of death was a heart attack. — vm
- Lev Leshchenko, Sergey Kuschenko, Andrey Vatutin, Sergey Tarakanov, and Alexander Tikhonov attended the ceremony. — kommersant
- Messages from the Presidents of Russia and Belarus were read during the ceremony. — kommersant
- Edeshko was born on March 25, 1945, in Stechki village, Grodno Region, Belarus. — vm
- Edeshko began his professional career at Spartak Minsk in 1963 and played for RТИ Minsk, CSKA Moscow, and SKA Kyiv. — kommersant
- Edeshko was a world champion and won the 1982 World Championship with the Soviet team’s staff. — vesti
- Edeshko was married to Larisa Andreevna. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- In Moscow, they said goodbye to Olympic champion Ivan Edeshko — Коммерсантъ
- Olympic champion Ivan Edeshko will be buried with military honors in Mytishchi — Коммерсантъ
- Farewell to Olympic champion Ivan Edeshko will take place on August 7 — Вести
- Farewell for basketball player Ivan Edeshko will take place in Moscow on August 7 — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Ivan Edeshko
- CSKA
- Moscow
- Leningradskiy Prospekt
- KLFK
- Telegram channel
- TASS
- United League of VTB
- Mytishchi
- Sergei Kuschenko
- Lev Leshchenko
- Федерального военного мемориала