# Priit Tomson
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{{Short description|Estonian basketball player}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [basketball](/source/basketball)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1968 Mexico](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics)|[Team](/source/Basketball_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[FIBA World Cup](/source/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup)}}
{{MedalGold|[Uruguay 1967](/source/1967_FIBA_World_Championship)|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[Puerto Rico 1974](/source/1974_FIBA_World_Championship)|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[Yugoslavia 1970](/source/1970_FIBA_World_Championship)|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[FIBA Eurobasket](/source/EuroBasket)}}
{{MedalGold|[Finland 1967](/source/EuroBasket_1967)|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[Italy 1969](/source/EuroBasket_1969)|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[West Germany 1971](/source/EuroBasket_1971)|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Summer Universiade](/source/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Universiade)}}
{{MedalGold|[1970 Turin](/source/Basketball_at_the_1970_Summer_Universiade)|Team}}
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'''Priit Tomson''' (November 3, 1942, [Tallinn](/source/Tallinn), 193 cm) is a retired [Estonia](/source/Estonia)n professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player, who competed for the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union).
He is the only Estonian basketball player who has won two gold medals at the World Championship.["[https://web.archive.org/web/20221226094858/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Priit%20TOMSON/pid/63751/_//players.html Priit Tomson]] Tomson is a three-time [Eurobasket](/source/Eurobasket) champion with the [Soviet Union national basketball team](/source/Soviet_Union_national_basketball_team). He was a member of the youth and student teams of the Soviet Union in 1963–65 and the senior team in 1966–74 as a small forward.[''Eesti Elulood.'' Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) {{ISBN|9985-70-064-3}}, p. 252.]
The highest-scoring player in the Estonian National Team throughout his long career.He was described as a basketball aristocrat, who was characterised by skilful operating in picking up offensive rebounds and accurate throwing from central positions and was often tasked with neutralising the opponents’ most dangerous players. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010.[[https://korvpall100.ee/et/kuulsuste-hall/Priit+Tomson Eesti korvpall 100 - Kuulsuste Hall - Priit Tomson]]
== Club career ==
Tomson's career started at the age of 18 in 1961 when he joined TPI basketball team (Tallinn Polytechnic Institute). After that he played for Kalev Tartu at the Championships of the Soviet Union in 1963–76 and for the Estonian National Team, which he captained from 1969.
== Achievements ==
=== National team ===
* Olympic Games: Image:Med 3.png [1968](/source/Basketball_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics)
* World Championships: Image:Med 1.png [1967](/source/1967_FIBA_World_Championship),
Image:Med 3.png [1970](/source/1970_FIBA_World_Championship), Image:Med 1.png [1974](/source/1974_FIBA_World_Championship)
* European Championships: Image:Med 1.png [1967](/source/EuroBasket_1967), Image:Med 1.png [1969](/source/EuroBasket_1969), Image:Med 1.png [1971](/source/EuroBasket_1971)
=== Club ===
* [Estonian SSR](/source/Estonian_SSR) Championship: 1961-1966, 1979
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | author=Soidro, Mart | title=Tomson.Päikesepoiss | year=2012 | publisher=Muinasjutukuningas OÜ | isbn=9789949308170 }}
* {{cite book |author1=Lään, Vello |author2=Ibrus, Märt | title=Eesti korvpall.Portreed | pages=161–179 | year=2006 | publisher=Eesti Korvpalliliit | isbn=9949-406-68-4}}
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073754/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/priit-tomson-1.html Profile] at sports-reference.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017063344/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TOMSOPRI01 Profile] at databaseOlympics.com
{{Soviet Union Squad 1967 FIBA World Championship}}
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{{Footer 1968 Olympic Bronze Medalists Basketball Men}}
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{{Soviet Union squad EuroBasket 1971}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1974 FIBA World Championship}}
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Category:1942 births
Category:Living people
Category:Basketball players from Tallinn
Category:Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:FIBA EuroBasket–winning players
Category:Estonian men's basketball players
Category:Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic medalists in basketball
Category:Soviet men's basketball players
Category:1967 FIBA World Championship players
Category:1970 FIBA World Championship players
Category:1974 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:FIBA World Championship–winning players
Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Category:KK Kalev players
Category:Tallinn University of Technology alumni
Category:20th-century Estonian sportsmen
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