Vadim Khamuttskikh

Vadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh (Russian: Вадим Анатольевич Хамутцких; 26 November 1969 – 31 December 2021) was a Russian volleyball player, who was a member of the men's national team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia. There he was named Best Setter of the tournament.

Vadim Khamuttskikh
Personal information
Full nameVadim Anatolyevich Khamuttskikh
NationalityRussian
Born(1969-11-26)26 November 1969
Asha, Chelyabinsk Oblast, USSR
Died31 December 2021(2021-12-31) (aged 52)
Belgorod, Russia
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2004 AthensTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2008 BeijingTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Japan Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 JapanTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 RussiaTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2001 OstravaTeam

Khamuttskikh also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Russia claimed the bronze medal by defeating the United States in the play-off for the third place, and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He died on 31 December 2021, at the age of 52.[1]

Individual awards

References

  1. "Ушёл из жизни Вадим Хамутцких". belogorievolley.ru (in Russian). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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