Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dorokhov is a Russian

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

 former volleyball

Volleyball

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 player who competed for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

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 and in the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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He was born in Leningrad

Saint Petersburg

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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.

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