Blagoja Georgievski ( mk, Благоја Георгиевски; 15 October 1950 – 29 January 2020) was a Macedonian professional

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player and coach. He represented the

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internationally.

National team career

Georgievski competed for

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in the

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and in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

References

1950 births 2020 deaths Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games KK Jagodina coaches Macedonian basketball coaches Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Macedonian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Point guards Road incident deaths in North Macedonia Sportspeople from Skopje Yugoslav basketball players {{RMacedonia-basketball-bio-stub