Vigor Bovolenta
Italian volleyball player
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-05-30)30 May 1974 Rovigo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (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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Last updated: 2 January 2018 |
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 European Championship in 1995 and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]
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
References
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ Marisa Poli (24 March 2012). "Malore in campo. Addio a Bovolenta" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
External links
- Vigor Bovolenta at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Vigor Bovolenta at WorldofVolley
- Vigor Bovolenta at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Vigor Bovolenta at Olympedia
- Vigor Bovolenta at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- RAI Profile
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