Tarmo Kikerpill
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Tarmo Kikerpill is a retired Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. He is 2.00 m (6 ft 6 ¾ in) in height and he played at the small forward
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...

 position.

Pro career

Kikerpill started his professional basketball career in 1994 with Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool is an Estonian professional basketball club, based in Tartu, currently participating in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Baltic Basketball League and the EuroChallenge. The basketball team belongs to The University of Tartu and plays their home games at the Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone ...

 in the Estonian League. He has won four Estonian League Championships with the team. In 2007, Kikerpill joined the Polish League club Energy Czarn Slupsk, where he played for a year. In the summer of 2008, Kikerpill started playing with the famous Greek League
A1 Ethniki
The Greek Basket League , commonly referred to as the Greek Basketball League or Greek Basketball Championship, is the highest professional basketball league in Greece. It is run by HEBA...

 club AEK Athens BC
AEK Athens BC
AEK BC , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek professional sports basketball club based in Athens, Greece. The club was established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War ....

. After playing a year there, Kikerpill has joined Valga/CKE Inkasso
Valga/CKE Inkasso
Valga Korvpallikool is an Estonian professional basketball club. The club is participating in Korvpalli Meistriliiga and in the Baltic Basketball League Challenge Cup...

 in Estonia. In August 2010, Kikerpill announced that his career is over.

Estonian national team

Kikerpill was also a member of the Estonian national basketball team
Estonia national basketball team
The Estonian National Basketball Team is the basketball team that represents Estonia in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1937:The Estonians took fifth place, with an overall record of 3–2, at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by the International Basketball...

.

  Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool/Rock
Tartu Ülikool is an Estonian professional basketball club, based in Tartu, currently participating in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, the Baltic Basketball League and the EuroChallenge. The basketball team belongs to The University of Tartu and plays their home games at the Tartu Ülikooli Spordihoone ...

  • 4-time Estonian Champion: (2000, 2001, 2004, 2007)
  • 4-time Estonian Cup Winner
    Estonian Basketball Cup
    The Estonian Basketball Cup is an annual pro basketball national cup competition. The tournament is organized by Eesti Korvpalliliit.- Winners :*1946 – Tallinna Kalev*1947 – N/A*1948 – Tallinna Kalev...

    : (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)

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