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]
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ Marisa Poli (24 March 2012). "Malore in campo. Addio a Bovolenta" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
External links edit
- 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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