Yevhen Valentinovich Lapinsky (, 23 March 1942 – 29 September 1999), also known as Yevgeny Lapinsky, was a Ukrainian former

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player who competed for the

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in the

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and in the

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. He played for Burevestnik Odesa. He was Jewish, and was born in the Krasnoye Zagorye,

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. In 1968, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. Four years later, in 1972, he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the 1972 Olympic tournament. He played four matches.

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* * * 1942 births 1999 deaths 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 Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in volleyball Jewish volleyball players Soviet Jews Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople Sportspeople from Voronezh Oblast Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni 20th-century Russian sportsmen 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-volleyball-bio-stub

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