Rosa Galyamovna Salikhova (, ; born 24 September 1944) is a 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 for the

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. She was a major player to help Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to dominate the World in late 1960s to early 1970s by winning 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games,

1970 FIVB Women's World Championship The 1970 FIVB Women's World Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 22 September to 2 October 1970 in Bulgaria. Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

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and

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in row.

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* 1944 births Living people Sportspeople from Nizhny Tagil Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Russian women's volleyball players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{USSR-volleyball-Olympic-medalist-stub