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For the basketball player, see Vyacheslav Zaytsev (basketball).
Vyacheslav Zaytsev
Personal information
Full nameVyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev
NationalityRussian
Born (1952-01-12) 12 January 1952 (age 72)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
National team
0000USSR
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Volleyball
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
Men's World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1978 Italy
Gold medal – first place 1982 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 1974 Mexico
Silver medal – second place 1986 France
Men's European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1971 Italy
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1977 Finland
Gold medal – first place 1979 France
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bulgaria
Gold medal – first place 1983 East Germany
Gold medal – first place 1985 Netherlands
Last updated: 21 December 2017

Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev (Russian: Вячеслав Алексеевич Зайцев, born 12 November 1952) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Zaytsev was born in Leningrad. In 1976, he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches.[1]

Four years later, he won a gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played five matches. With the Soviet Union, Zaytsev won two other Olympic silver medals, two World Championships and seven European titles.[1]

He was a major player to help Soviet Union men's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1970s to early 1980s by winning 1977 FIVB Men's World Cup, 1978 FIVB Men's World Championship, 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, 1981 FIVB Men's World Cup and 1982 FIVB Men's World Championship in row.

At the 1988 Games, he was a member of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches. Zaytsev played for Avtomobilist Leningrad (now Spartak St. Petersburg), with which he won two CEV Top Teams Cup and two Challenge Cups in 1982–1983. He finished his career in Italy, playing in Spoleto, Agrigento and Città di Castello.[1]

Family

He is married to Irina Pozdnyakova, a former competitive swimmer. They have a daughter, Anna (born 1975), and a son, Ivan, who is an Olympic volleyball player. Both children hold Italian citizenship: Ivan was born on 2 October 1988 in Italy, where his father played for several years, whereas Anna married an Italian in 1993.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Vyacheslav Zaytsev. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Позднякова Ирина. ussr-swimming.ru
  3. ^ ИГРА БЕЗ ЗАЙЦЕВА Archived 2011-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. spbvolley.ru


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