Oleg Moliboga
Oleg Moliboga | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga | ||
Nickname | Олег Алексеевич Молибога | ||
Nationality | Russian | ||
Born | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 27 February 1953||
Died | 9 June 2022 | (aged 69)||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Number | 7 | ||
National team | |||
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Medal record |
Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga (Russian: Олег Алексеевич Молибога, Ukrainian: Олег Олексійович Молибога; 27 February 1953 – 9 June 2022)[1] was a Soviet volleyball player and Russian volleyball coach. Born in Dnipropetrovsk, he participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[2]
In 1976, Moliboga was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later, in 1980, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.
Moliboga was one of the preeminent players of the 1970s and the early 1980s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Dnipropetrovsk. With the USSR national team, he won also two World Championships in 1978 and 1982.
References
[edit]- ^ Ушел из жизни Молибога О.А. (in Russian)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleh Molyboha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
Full name: Oleh Oleksiyovych Molyboha / Original name: Олег Олексійович Молибога / Other name(s): Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga, Олег Алексеевич Молибога
External links
[edit]- 1953 births
- 2022 deaths
- Soviet men's volleyball players
- Ukrainian 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
- Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople
- Russian volleyball coaches
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Russian men's volleyball players
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- Coaches of Russia men's national volleyball team
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Dnipro
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen