Valeri Losev (russian: Валерий Лосев, born 28 February 1956 in Tashkömür,

Kyrgyz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...

) is a

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...

i 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

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. In 1988, Losev was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches.

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1956 births Living people Soviet men's volleyball players Russian men's volleyball players Kyrgyzstani men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball People from Jalal-Abad Region Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Volleyball-bio-stub