Yuri Chesnokov (volleyball)
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Full name | Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 22 January 1933||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 May 2010 Moscow, Russia | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Volleyball | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov (Russian: Юрий Борисович Чесноков; January 22, 1933 – May 30, 2010[1]) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow.
Chesnokov was a two-time world champion, having won gold at the 1960 and the 1962 competitions.[2] In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches. After his active career, he coached the Soviet team at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and later served as a FIVB vice-president for many years.[2] In 2000 he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Умер выдающийся тренер по волейболу Юрий Чесноков". Argumenty i Fakty (in Russian). 31 May 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ a b FIVB and Volleyball legend passes away Retrieved 21 February 2019.
External links[]
- Profile at sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2010 deaths
- Soviet 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
- Russian men's volleyball players
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Merited Coaches of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian volleyball biography stubs