Pavel Schenk (born 27 June 1941) is a

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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

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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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 1972. ...

. He was born in Borotín,

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. In 1964 he was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Czechoslovak team in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played six matches. At the 1972 Games he was a member of the Czechoslovak team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches.

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* * 1941 births Living people Czech men's volleyball players Czechoslovak men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Czechoslovakia Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{CzechRepublic-volleyball-bio-stub