Tarmo Kikerpill (born June 13, 1977) is a retired
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
n professional
basketball
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player. He is 1.96 m (6ft 5in) in height and he played at the
small forward
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or
power forward
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position.
Pro career
Kikerpill started his professional basketball career in 1994 with
Tartu Ülikool/Rock in the
Estonian League. He won four Estonian League Championships with the team.
In 2005, he moved abroad for the first time, joining the
Polish League club
Energy Czarn Slupsk. After a brief return to
Tartu Ülikool/Rock for the 2006-2007 season, Kikerpill re-joined
Energy Czarn Slupsk, where he spent the 2007-2008 season. In the summer of 2008, Kikerpill started playing with the famous
Greek League club
AEK Athens BC. After playing a year there, Kikerpill returned to Estonia to play for
Valga/CKE Inkasso. In August 2010, Kikerpill announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Tarmo Kikerpill lõpetas 33-aastaselt sportlaskarjääri
Estonian national team
Kikerpill was also a member of the Estonian national basketball team.
Honours
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
* 4-time Estonian Champion: (2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
* 4-time Estonian Cup Winner: (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
References
External links
Player card on bbl.net
Tarmo Kikerpill basketball profile on eurobasket.com
1977 births
Living people
People from Elva, Estonia
Estonian men's basketball players
Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
Tartu Ülikool/Rock players
AEK B.C. players
Estonian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Estonian expatriate basketball people in Poland
BC Valga players
University of Tartu alumni
Small forwards
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