Andrey Gennadyevich Makeyev (alternate spellings: Andrei Makeev Genievich, ; 3 February 1952 – 13 September 2021) was a Soviet

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player who competed for the Soviet Union in the

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and won a

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* 1952 births 2021 deaths Russian men's basketball players Soviet men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball People from Petrozavodsk Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics BC Spartak Saint Petersburg players Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Basketball-bio-stub