Fedir Serafymovych Lashchonov (; ''Fyodor Serafimovich Lashchyonov'', born 4 November 1950) is a Ukrainian former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed for the

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in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

in Moscow. Lashchonov was born in Rovenky,

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast (; ), also referred to as Luhanshchyna (), is the easternmost Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Luhansk. The oblast was established in 1938 and bore the n ...

. In 1980, Lashchonov was part of the Soviet team that won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.

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1950 births Living people People from Rovenky Ukrainian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Luhansk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-volleyball-bio-stub