Yury Vengerovsky

Yury Naumovich Vengerovsky (Ukrainian: Юрій Наумович Венгеровський, Russian: Юрий Наумович Венгеровский; 26 October 1938 – 4 December 1998) was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Olympic medal record
Men's Volleyball
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team

He was Jewish,[1] born in Kharkiv, and died in Belgorod, Russia.

In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.

See also

References

  1. Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Hall of Fame. ISBN 9781574882841. Retrieved 1 August 2011.


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