Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lopatov (russian: Андрей Вячеславович Лопатов; 12 March 1957 – 16 February 2022) was a Russian

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player who competed for the Soviet Union in 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 ...

and won a

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. Lopatov died in February 2022, at the age of 64.

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* 1957 births 2022 deaths 1982 FIBA World Championship players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics FIBA World Championship-winning players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball People from Inta Soviet men's basketball players 1978 FIBA World Championship players {{Basketball-bio-stub