Georgi Mondzolevski
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Georgi Grigorevich Mondzolevski is a Russian
former volleyball
player who competed for the Soviet Union
in the 1964 Summer Olympics
and in the 1968 Summer Olympics
.
He is Jewish, and was born in the Orsha
. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College
included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.
He won a Soviet championship with Burevestnik Odessa in 1956, and then with CSKA Moskva he won seven Soviet championships (1958, 1960-1963, 1965, and 1966) and twice won the European Champions’ League title (1960 and 1962).
In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team that won the gold medal in the Olympicst. He played all nine matches. Four years later he won his second gold medal with the Soviet team, in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches again.
He also won two World Championships with the Soviet team (1960 and 1962) and the European Championships title in 1967.
After his career was over, he taught as a professor at the Moscow State Mining University
.
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....
former volleyball
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.The complete rules are extensive...
player who competed for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
in the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
and in the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
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He is Jewish, and was born in the Orsha
Orsha
Orsha is a city in Belarus in Vitebsk voblast on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers.-Facts:*Location: *Population: 125,000 *Phone code: +375 216*Postal codes: 211030, 211381–211394, 211396–211398-History:...
. Dr. George Eisen of Nazareth College
Nazareth College (New York)
Nazareth College of Rochester, NY, is a private liberal arts college in Pittsford, New York, a suburb of Rochester.-History:Nazareth was founded in 1924 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The first class, comprising 25 young women, began their studies in a large mansion on Lake Avenue in Rochester, New...
included Shary on his list of Jewish Olympic Medalists.
He won a Soviet championship with Burevestnik Odessa in 1956, and then with CSKA Moskva he won seven Soviet championships (1958, 1960-1963, 1965, and 1966) and twice won the European Champions’ League title (1960 and 1962).
In 1964 he was part of the Soviet team that won the gold medal in the Olympicst. He played all nine matches. Four years later he won his second gold medal with the Soviet team, in the 1968 Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches again.
He also won two World Championships with the Soviet team (1960 and 1962) and the European Championships title in 1967.
After his career was over, he taught as a professor at the Moscow State Mining University
Moscow State Mining University
Moscow State Mining University is a Russian institute of higher education that prepares mining engineers.-History:...
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