Vigor Bovolenta

Vigor Bovolenta
Bovolenta in 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1974-05-30)30 May 1974 Rovigo, Italy
Died	24 March 2012(2012-03-24) (aged 37) Macerata, Italy
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Spike	358 cm (141 in)
Block	345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Career
Years Teams 1990–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2008 2008–2010 2010–2012 Edilcuoghi Ravenna 4Torri Ferrara Volley Piaggio Roma Iveco Palermo Casa Modena Copra Berni Piacenza RPA LuigiBacchi.it Perugia Volley Forlí
National team
1995–2008  Italy
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Cup 1995 Japan World League 1995 Rio de Janeiro 1997 Moscow 1999 Mar del Plata 2000 Rotterdam European Championship 1995 Greece 2001 Czech Republic
Last updated: 2 January 2018

Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship in Greece and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]

Bovolenta died at the age of 37 after suffering a heart attack during an Italian League fourth level game between his team, Forlì, and the reserve team of Macerata.[2] He had severe coronary artery disease similar to Sergey Grinkov.

See also

• List of sportspeople who died during their careers

References

1. Olympic results
2. Marisa Poli (24 March 2012). "Malore in campo. Addio a Bovolenta" (in Italian). Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 March 2012.

External links

• Vigor Bovolenta at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Vigor Bovolenta at WorldofVolley
• Vigor Bovolenta at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Vigor Bovolenta at Olympics.com
• Vigor Bovolenta at Olympedia
• Vigor Bovolenta at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• RAI Profile Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine