Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship in Greece and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]
| Vigor Bovolenta | |||||
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 Bovolenta in 2008 | |||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||
| Born | 30 May 1974 Rovigo, Italy | ||||
| Died | 24 March 2012 (aged 37) Macerata, Italy | ||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||
| Spike | 358 cm (141 in) | ||||
| Block | 345 cm (136 in) | ||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||
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| National team | |||||
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| Last updated: 2 January 2018 | |||||
Bovolenta died at the age of 37 after suffering a heart attack during an Italian League fourth level game between his team, Forlì, and the reserve team of Macerata.[2] He had severe coronary artery disease similar to Sergey Grinkov.
See also
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edit- ^ Olympic results
- ^ Marisa Poli (24 March 2012). "Malore in campo. Addio a Bovolenta" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
External links
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- Vigor Bovolenta at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Vigor Bovolenta at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Vigor Bovolenta at WorldofVolley
- Vigor Bovolenta at Olympics.com
- Vigor Bovolenta at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Vigor Bovolenta at Olympedia
- RAI Profile Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
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