Volodymyr Ivanovich Byelyayev (, born 7 December 1944) 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

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. He was born in the

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. In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played eight matches.

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* * 1944 births Living people People from Michurinsk Russian men's volleyball players Ukrainian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tambov Oblast 20th-century Russian sportsmen 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-volleyball-bio-stub