Vitali Aleksandrovich Kovalenko (russian: Виталий Александрович Коваленко, born March 17, 1934) is a

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former

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player who competed for the

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in the

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. In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches.

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* * 1934 births Living people Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Russian men's volleyball players Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub