Volodymyr Ivanovich Byelyayev ( uk, Володимир Іванович Бєляєв, born 7 December 1944) is a
Ukrainian
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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 Sum ...
player who competed for the
Soviet Union
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in the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
.
He was born in the
Michurinsk
Michurinsk (russian: Мичу́ринск) is the second most populous town in Tambov Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
Originally known as Kozlov (), it was founded in 1635 at the northern end of the emerging Belgorod Line, a frontier defe ...
,
Russian SFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
.
In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches.
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1944 births
Living people
People from Michurinsk
Russian men's volleyball players
Ukrainian men's volleyball players
Soviet men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union
Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Tambov Oblast
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