Bohumil Golian (25 March 1931 – 11 January 2012) was a Slovak

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

and 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 ...

. He was born in Moštenica and died in

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. In 1964 he was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Czechoslovak team in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played seven matches.

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Obituary: Slovak Volleyball legend Bohumil Golian
* 1931 births 2012 deaths Czechoslovak men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Czechoslovakia Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in volleyball Slovak men's volleyball players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics People from Banská Bystrica District Slovak schoolteachers {{Slovakia-volleyball-bio-stub