Alexander Fyodorowitsch Makarov

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Alexander Fjodorowitsch Makarow , Russian Александр Фёдорович Макаров (born February 11, 1951 in Kassimow , Ryazan Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete who was active as a javelin thrower in the 1970s . He is the father of the javelin thrower Sergei Makarov .

Career

His first success was in 1970 at the European Junior Championships in Paris , where he was only defeated by the Finn Aimo Puska (76.98 m) with 74.92 m .

Alexander Makarov participated in three European championships - 1971 in Helsinki , 1974 in Rome and 1982 in Athens . In 1971 and 1974, however, he failed in the qualification. In 1974 he only missed the required 78 m by 8 cm. In 1982, however, he made it into the finals with 80.74 m. There he increased to 86.08 m, but remained more than three meters behind the third-placed Detlef Michel from the GDR and came in sixth.

In 1977 he came in third place at the European Cup final in Turin with 82.26 m behind Wolfgang Hanisch (1st with 88.68 m) and Michael Wessing (2nd with 87.38 m).

When he only participated in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow , he was obviously in the shape of his life. There he threw a fabulous series:

  • 85.84 m - 83.84 m - Ø - 84.40 m - 88.04 m - 89.64 m

Only the Latvian Dainis Kūla was better that day with 91.20 m. Makarov won the silver medal in front of the GDR athlete Wolfgang Hanisch .

Standing in the shadow of Jānis Lūsis , Makarow won only one Soviet championship (1974, 83.70 m).

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SURNAME Makarow, Alexander Fyodorowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Макаров, Александр Фёдорович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Kassimov , Ryazan Oblast