Viktor Vladimirovich Kryapa

Viktor Kryapa
Player information
Full name	Viktor Vladimirovich Kryapa
birthday	3rd August 1982
place of birth	Kiev , Soviet Union
size	206 cm
position	Small forward / power forward
NBA draft	2004 , 22nd Pick, New Jersey Nets
Club information
society	CSKA Moscow
league	PBL , VTB United League
Jersey number	31
Clubs as active
0000–1999 BK Chimki B 1999–2000 Awtodor Saratow 2002–2004 CSKA Moscow 2004–2006 Portland Trail Blazers 2006–2008 Chicago Bulls Since 2008 CSKA Moscow 0
National team
Since 2001 00	Russia

Viktor Vladimirovich Chrjapa medal table
Basketball (men)
Russia
Olympic games
bronze	2012 London
European Championship
gold	2007 Spain
bronze	2011 Lithuania

Viktor Vladimirovich Chrjapa ( Russian Виктор Владимирович Хряпа , born August 3, 1982 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Russian basketball player . The 2.06 m tall small forward has been playing for PBK ZSKA Moscow in the Russian PBL and Euroleague since spring 2008 . Since the World Cup in 2002 is the regular player of the Russian national team .

Club career

Chrjapa began his career in 1999 with the second team of BK Chimki in Superliga B, 1999-2002 he then played for Avtodor Saratow in the top division. Because of his way of playing as a clone of Kirilenko , the Russian record champions CSKA Moscow noticed him. After two successful seasons in Moscow, the NBA teams became aware of him; he was in 2004 by New Jersey Nets drafted but before the season to the Portland Trail Blazers passed. With the Blazers he was used quite often as a starter in two years, but was traded to the Chicago Bulls for the 2006/07 season . But where he was hardly used, so that in early 2008 he asked to terminate his contract and went back to the domestic league for ZSKA. With CSKA he won the Russian championship and the VTB United League several times in the following years . The greatest successes on the European level are winning the Euroleague in 2008 and two further finals in 2009 and 2012.

National team

After several unsuccessful years at international championships, Chjapa won the 2007 European basketball championship in Spain with the national team . After he was not part of the squad at the 2009 European Championships, he became a bronze medalist at the 2011 European Basketball Championship . Chrjapa participated in the 2008 Olympic Games and 2012 Olympic Games . In London, Chrjapa became a bronze medalist.

Achievements and Awards

society

• Winner ULEB Euroleague: 2008
• Russian champion (8 ×): 2003, 2004, 2008–2013
• Russian cup winner: 2010
• VTB United League winner (4 ×): 2010, 2012–2015
• MVP of the play-off in the PBL 2010
• Best Defender of the ULEB Euroleague 2010
• All-Euroleague First-Team 2010
• Best Russian player in the VTB United League 2013
• All-Euroleague Second-Team 2013, 2014

National team

• Winner European Championship 2007
• Bronze European Championship 2011
• Bronze Olympic Games 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chrjapa's profile on the FIBA Europa website ( visited August 7, 2008 ).

Web links

• Wiktor Chrjapa - player profile on NBA.com
• Viktor Khryapa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• KHRYAPA, VIKTOR - Euroleague Profile (English)