Oleg Moliboga
Encyclopedia
Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga is a former Soviet
volleyball
player who participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics
and in the 1980 Summer Olympics
, and later Russia
n volleyball coach.
He was born in Dnipropetrovsk
.
In 1976 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.
He was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1970s and the early 1980s, training at the Armed Forces sports society
in Dnipropetrovsk
. With the USSR national team, he won also two World Championships in 1978 and 1982.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player who participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
and in the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
, and later Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n volleyball coach.
He was born in Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
.
In 1976 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.
He was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1970s and the early 1980s, training at the Armed Forces sports society
Armed Forces (sports society)
Central Sports Klub of the Army or is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.-Overview:The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society...
in Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
. With the USSR national team, he won also two World Championships in 1978 and 1982.