Valeri Alexeyevich Kalachikhin (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Калачихин, 20 May 1939 – 27 November 2014) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Sovkhoz Vtoraya Pyatiletka near Leningradskaya, Krasnodar Krai. In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team, which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.
| Valeri Kalachikhin | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Valeri Alexeyevich Kalachikhin | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Валерий Алексеевич Калачихин | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1939 Leningradskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 November 2014 (aged 75) Rostov-on-Don, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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External links
edit- Valery Kalachikhin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Valeri Kalachikhin at Olympics.com
- Valeri Kalachikhin's obituary (in Russian)
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