Aleksandr Fyodorovich Makarov (russian: Апександр Фёдорович Макаров; born 11 February 1951 in

Kasimov Kasimov (russian: Каси́мов; tt-Cyrl, Касыйм;, Ханкирмән,Ханкирмән, Хан-Кермень, means " Khan's fortress" historically Gorodets Meshchyorsky, Novy Nizovoy) is a town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, located on the ...

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) is a

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athlete who mainly competed in the

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. He competed for the Soviet Union at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

held in

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, where he won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw, with a distance of 89.64 metres. He is the father of former javelin thrower Sergey Makarov.

References

* * 1951 births Living people People from Kasimov Soviet male javelin throwers Russian male javelin throwers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Ryazan Oblast {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub