Sergey Vladimirovich Gorbunov (russian: Сергей Владимирович Горбунов; 10 July 1970 – 20 December 2001) was a Russian

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, finishing in seventh place. Gorbunov won a gold medal representing the

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at the 1991 World Cup. He also won a gold medal with the Soviet team at the 1991 European Championship.

Death

Gorbunov died on 20 December 2001 in a Moscow hospital after experiencing a high fever for three days.

References

External links

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Sergey Gorbunov at Olympics.com

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