Mikhail Studenetsky
Soviet basketball player (1934–2021)
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Studenetsky (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Студенецкий; 6 March 1934 – 1 March 2021) was a Soviet basketball player.
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| Born | 6 March 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 March 2021 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Basketball | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Studenetsky was a point guard of the Soviet team between 1954 and 1959 and won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[1] as well as the European titles in 1957 and 1959. After retirement he worked as an engineer.[2]
He died on 1 March 2021, aged 86, five days short from his 87th birthday,[3] from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.[3]
