Oļegs Pyotrovich Antropovs (5 November 1947 – 15 October 2023) was a Latvian

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Biography

Antropovs was born in Noviy, Kazakh SSR on 5 November 1947. He played for Burevestnik Alma-Ata and Elektrotechnika Riga.Oļegs Antropovs
/ref> In 1968, Antropovs was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. In 1998, he was head coach of men's national team of Russia, which became the silver medalist in the FIVB Volleyball World League. After 1999, he worked for nine years in Japan with the club Jay-T (Hiroshima), repeatedly won medals of the national championship and the Emperor's Cup. Antropovs died on 15 October 2023, at the age of 75.

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* * 1947 births 2023 deaths Latvian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Kazakhstani men's volleyball players Soviet volleyball coaches Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball People from Turkistan Region Coaches of Russia men's national volleyball team Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Latvian people of Russian descent {{Kazakhstan-volleyball-bio-stub