Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a

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 Sum ...

player from

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the European Championship in 1995 and the silver medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He died at the age of 37 only a few hours after feeling faint (allegedly suffering a heart attack) during an Italian League fourth level game between his team,

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, and the reserve team of

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. He had severe coronary artery disease similar to Sergey Grinkov.

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1974 births 2012 deaths Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub

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