Pavels Seļivanovs (born 23 July 1952) is a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n 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

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in the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In 1976, he was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.

Awards

* Olympic volleyball silver medal 1976 * Olympic volleyball gold medal 1980 * Four-time European Championship gold medal 1975, 1977, 1979, 1983 * Two-time FIVB World Championship gold medal 1978, 1982 * Two-time FIVB World Cup gold medal 1977, 1981

References

External links

Olympedia Profile: Pāvels Seļivanovs
* 1952 births Living people Latvian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Riga Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball Latvian people of Russian descent {{Latvia-volleyball-bio-stub