Mikhail Vladimirovich Studenetsky (russian: Михаил Владимирович Студенецкий; 6 March 1934 – 1 March 2021) was a

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player.

Biography

Studenetsky was a

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of the Soviet team between 1954 and 1959 and won a

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at the

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, as well as the European titles in 1957 and 1959. After

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he worked as an

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. He died on 1 March 2021, aged 86, five days short from his 87th birthday, from

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during the

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.Умер серебряный призер Олимпиады-1956 Михаил Студенецкий

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* 1934 births 2021 deaths Olympic basketball players of the Soviet Union Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Soviet men's basketball players Russian men's basketball players Olympic medalists in basketball Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Point guards Basketball players from Moscow Moscow State Textile University alumni Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Russia-basketball-bio-stub