Yury Vasilevich Starunsky (russian: Юрий Васильевич Старунский, April 17, 1945 – December 24, 2010) was a Soviet

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player who competed for the

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in the

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and in the

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. In 1972 he was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches. Four years later he won the silver medal with the Soviet team in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches.

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* * * 1945 births 2010 deaths Sportspeople from Kyiv Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Ukrainian men's volleyball players Russian men's volleyball players Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub