Larisa Bergen
Appearance
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Born | Larisa Abramovna Bergen 22 September 1949 Akmolinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Died | 7 April 2023 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 148 lb (67 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Larisa Abramovna Bergen (Russian: Лари́са Абра́мовна Бе́рген; 22 September 1949 — 7 April 2023) was a volleyball player for the USSR.[1] She was Jewish,[2] and was born in Akmolinsk, Kazakh SSR.[1] Bergen played for ADK Alma-Ata and Dynamo Moscow.[1] She won a silver medal in volleyball at the 1976 Olympics, in Montreal, Canada.[1][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larisa Bergen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ^ "Olympic Volleyball History". Volleyball.org. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
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Categories:
- 1949 births
- 2023 deaths
- Kazakhstani women's volleyball players
- Soviet women's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union
- Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Jewish women's volleyball players
- Jewish Kazakhstani sportspeople
- Soviet Jews
- Sportspeople from Astana
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Kazakhstani sportspeople stubs
- Asian volleyball biography stubs
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs