Andrei Kuznetsov (volleyball)
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Full name | Andrei Kuznetsov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Андрей Кузнецов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1966-04-23)23 April 1966 Poltava, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 30 December 1994(1994-12-30) (aged 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrei Kuznetsov (Russian: Андрей Кузнецов, 24 April 1966 – 30 December 1994) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born in Poltava, Ukraine and was 196 cm tall. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches. Four years later he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.[1]
On 30 December 1994, he died in a road accident in Chieti, Italy. Since 1996, Sport Express has presented the best volleyball champion of Russia in his name.
References
External links
- Andrei Kuznetsov at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Andrei Kuznetsov at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile
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