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Nina Smoleyeva

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Nina Smoleyeva
Personal information
Full nameNina Nikolayevna Smoleyeva (Nikitina)
Born (1948-03-28) March 28, 1948 (age 76)
Volkhov, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bulgaria Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Soviet Union Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Uruguay Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1967 Turkey Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia Team
Gold medal – first place 1977 Finland Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1973 Moscow Team

Nina Smoleyeva (born March 28, 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR.[1]

She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship, 1972 Munich Olympic Games and 1973 FIVB Women's World Cup in row.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nina Smoleyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ http://www.volleyhall.org/nina-smoleeva.html