Eduard Fyodorovich Sibiryakov (russian: Эдуард Фёдорович Сибиряков; 27 November 1941 – 14 January 2004) was a Russian former

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 the

Soviet Union 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 national ...

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

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

and died in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches. Four years later, in 1968, he won his second gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.

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* 1941 births 2004 deaths Russian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni {{Ukraine-volleyball-bio-stub