Pavels Seļivanovs (born 23 July 1952) is a

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player who competed for the

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in the

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. In 1976, Selivanovs was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. Four years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament.

Awards

* Olympic volleyball silver medal 1976 * Olympic volleyball gold medal 1980 * Four-time European Championship gold medal 1975, 1977, 1979, 1983 * Two-time FIVB World Championship gold medal 1978, 1982 * Two-time FIVB World Cup gold medal 1977, 1981

References

External links

Olympedia profile: Pāvels Seļivanovs

Volleybox.net profile
* 1952 births Living people Latvian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Riga Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball Latvian people of Russian descent {{Latvia-volleyball-bio-stub