Larisa Bergen
Лари́са Бе́рген
Bergen in 1976
Personal information
Full nameLarisa Abramovna Bergen (Goncharova-)
Born(1949-09-22)22 September 1949
Akmolinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died7 April 2023(2023-04-07) (aged 73)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight148 lb (67 kg)
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1973 Uruguay Team

Larisa Abramovna Bergen (Russian: Лари́са Абра́мовна Бе́рген; 22 September 1949 — 7 April 2023) was a volleyball player for the USSR.[1] She was Jewish,[2] and was born in Akmolinsk, Kazakh SSR.[1] Bergen played for ADK Alma-Ata and Dynamo Moscow.[1] She won a silver medal in volleyball at the 1976 Olympics, in Montreal, Canada.[1][3]

Bergen died on 7 April 2023, at the age of 73.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larisa Bergen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Olympic Volleyball History". Volleyball.org. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Soviet Union Olympic silver medal winning volleyball player dies". Inside The Games. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Серебряный призёр ОИ-1976 волейболистка Лариса Берген умерла на 74-м году жизни". Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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Soviet Union squad – 1973 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Gold medal
Soviet Union women's volleyball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
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