Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh (russian: Вадим Анатольевич Хамутцких; 26 November 1969 – 31 December 2021) was a Russian

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 was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney, Australia and the 2007 European Championship in

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, Russia. There he was named ''Best Setter'' of the tournament. Khamuttskikh also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Russia claimed the bronze medal by defeating the United States in the play-off for the third place, and at the

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in Beijing, China. He also competed 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 on 31 December 2021, at the age of 52.

Individual awards

* '' 2007 European Championship Best Setter''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khamuttskikh, Vadim 1969 births 2021 deaths People from Ashinsky District Russian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast