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Volleyball At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's Tournament
The 1968 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 2nd edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC. It was held in Ciudad de México, Mexico from October 13 to 26, 1968. Qualification ''* Peru qualified as the 1967 World Championship fourth best team as winners Japan were already qualified as 1964 Olympic champions.'' Format The tournament was played in a single round-robin format, all teams were placed into a single pool and faced each other once. Rosters Venues * Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium, Ciudad de México * Revolution Ice Rink, Ciudad de México Round robin Final standings Medalists References External links Final standings (1964–2000) at FIVB.orgOfficial results(pgs. 772, 796–810) {{DEFAULTSORT:Volleyball At The 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament O 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan De La Barrera
The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera is an indoor arena located in Mexico City, Mexico. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, it hosted the volleyball competitions, and it is located next to the Olympic pool. It was the home of La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal of the LNBP from 2000 to 2007 and the professional basketball team Capitanes de Ciudad de México The Capitanes de Ciudad de México (English: ''Mexico City Captains'') are a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexico City, Mexico. The Capitanes competed as a member club in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) for the ... from 2017 to 2020. The arena seats 5,242 people in two stand levels. For years, it has been the traditional home of professional basketball in Mexico City. References 1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 72, 74. Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball venues Indoor arenas in Mexico Sports venues in Mexico City Volleyball venues in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Veinberga
Tatjana Veinberga (September 4, 1943 – April 3, 2008), also known as Tatyana, is a former Latvian volleyball player for the Soviet Union. She was a member of the Soviet squad that won a gold medal in women's volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... in Mexico City, but she did not actually take part in any of the team's matches. To this day she remains as the first and only Latvian Olympic volleyball champion in history. Veinberga played in the Soviet national team from 1967 to 1969, as well as represented the Latvian teams LVU, "Elektrons" and "Daugava" from 1961 til 1969. References External links * * * 1943 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Riga Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleybal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyoko Iwahara
, is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 19 .... In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches. Four years later she won her second Olympic silver medal with the Japanese team. She played one match. External links profile 1945 births Living people Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1970 Asian Games Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzue Takayama
is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was born in Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nar .... In 1968, she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches. External links * * 1946 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics 20th-century Japanese women {{japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setsuko Yosjida
(born November 4, 1942) is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... She was born in Aichi Prefecture. In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played six matches. External links profile 1942 births Living people Japanese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1962 Asian Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan {{japan-volleyball-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givi Akhvlediani , nicknamed Givi, Donbas military commander
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Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
Valentina Kamenyok-Vinogradova (May 17, 1943 – July 17, 2002) was a volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1943 births 2002 deaths Volleyball players from Moscow Soviet women's volleyball players Russian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Burevestni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roza Salikhova
Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (russian: Роза Галямовна Салихова, tt-Cyrl, Роза Галләм кызы Салихова; born 24 September 1944) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup The 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup was held on 19–28 October 1973 in Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina t ... in row. References External links * 1944 births Possibly living people People from Nizhny Tagil Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Leontyeva
Galina Aleksandrovna Leontyeva (russian: Гали́на Алекса́ндровна Лео́нтьева; 6 November 1941 – 4 February 2016) was a Russian volleyball player who represented the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ... at the Olympics. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leontyeva, Galina 1941 births 2016 deaths People from Danilovsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Ryskal
Inna Valerievna Ryskal (russian: Инна Валерьевна Рыскаль born 15 June 1944 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a former Soviet volleyball player for the USSR. She was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1960s and the early 1970s, training at VSS Neftchi in Baku. She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup in ro She achieved an Olympic silver medals in 1964 and 1976. She also won Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship in 1963, 1967 and 1971. In 1972 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Smoleeva
Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winning the Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1968 Olympics, the 1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, 1970 FIVB World Championship, the Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1972 Olympics, and the 1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, 1973 FIVB World Cup in row. She also helped the Soviet Union to Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Championship titles in 1967, 1971, 1975, and 1977. In 2006, Smoleyeva was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame. References External links * International Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Smoleyeva, Nina Living people 1948 births People from Volkhov Soviet women's volleyball players O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova
Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova (born December 13, 1946) is a former volleyball player for the USSR. Born in Moscow, she competed for the Soviet Union at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * Living people 1946 births Sportspeople from Moscow Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Russian women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
