Volleyball
Olympic volleyball champion Oleg Moliboga dies
Oleg Moliboga / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexei Filippov
Oleg Moliboga, Olympic champion of the 1980 Games in volleyball, has died at the age of 69, according to the website of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation (VVF).
It is noted that the specialist struggled with a severe and prolonged illness.
– Domestic volleyball suffered a heavy loss. The outstanding player of CSKA and the USSR national team, the champion and silver medalist of the Olympic Games, the two-time world champion and the owner of the World Cup, the four-time European champion, the multiple champion of the USSR and the owner of the European Champions Cup, the champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, has died, – the press service of the VFV says .
Moliboga also coached the USSR men’s team and the Russian national team. Under his leadership, CSKA Moscow won the Russian Championship three times and won the Cup of the country.
Source: Sportbox
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