Yury Naumovich Vengerovsky ( uk, Юрій Наумович Венгеровський, russian: Юрий Наумович Венгеровский; 26 October 1938 – 4 December 1998) was a Ukrainian
volleyball
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player who competed for the
Soviet Union
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in the
1964 Summer Olympics
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.
He was Jewish,
born in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[Belgorod
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, Russia.
In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.
See also
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List of select Jewish volleyball players
References
External links
profile
Ukrainian men's volleyball players
Soviet men's volleyball players
Russian 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
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1938 births
1998 deaths
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