Vera Lantratova (11 May 1947 – 19 April 2021) was a Soviet

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 for the

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. She was born in

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Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

. In 1968, as a member of the Soviet Union team, she won a gold medal in Mexico.

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* 1947 births 2021 deaths Sportspeople from Baku Azerbaijani people of Russian descent Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Azerbaijani women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub