Georgy Grigorevich Mondzolevski (Russian: Георгий Григорьевич Мондзолевский; 26 January 1934 – 28 April 2024) was a volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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| Full name | Georgy Grigoryevich Mondzolevski | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Георгий Григорьевич Мондзолевский | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1934 Orsha, Belarussian SSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 April 2024 (aged 90) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2012, Mondzolevski was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
Volleyball career
editMondzolevski won the Soviet championship with Burevestnik Odessa in 1956 and with CSKA Moskva (1958, 1960–1963, 1965, and 1966). Also with CSKA Moskva, he twice won the European Champions’ League title (1960 and 1962).[1] He played in all nine matches during the Soviet team's gold medal performances at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Mondzolevski also won two World Championships with the Soviet team (1960 and 1962), and the European Championships title in 1967.[1]
Personal life
editMondzolevski was Jewish and was born in Orsha.[3][2] Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College included Mondzolevski on his list of Jewish Olympic medalists.[4]
After his volleyball career, Mondzolevski taught as a professor at the Moscow State Mining University.[2] He died on 28 April 2024, at the age of 90.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Georgy Mondzolevskiy". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Georgy Mondzolevsky Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
- ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists", International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Ушел из жизни Георгий Мондзолевский". Volley.ru. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
External links
edit- International Volleyball Hall of Fame Profile
- Georgy Mondzolevski at Olympedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georgy Mondzolevsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009.
