Vigor Bovolenta

Vigor Bovolenta
Vigor Bovolenta 2008
portrait
Date of birth	May 30, 1974
place of birth	Porto Viro , Italy
date of death	March 24, 2012
Place of death	Macerata , Italy
size	2.02 m
position	Middle block
societies
1990–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2008 2008–2010 2010–2012	Porti Ravenna Volley 4 Torri Ferrara Piaggio Roma Palermo Volley Pallavolo Modena Copra Piacenza Perugia Volley Volley Forlì
National team
1995-2008	National team
successes
1995 1995 1995 1996 1997 1997 1999 1999 2000 2001 2008	Winner World League European Champion in Greece Winner World Cup in Japan Olympic Games Atlanta Winner World League European Championship third in the Netherlands Winner World League European Champion in Austria Winner World League Vice European Champion in the Czech Republic 5th place Olympic Games Beijing
As of March 26, 2012

Vigor Bovolenta (born May 30, 1974 in Porto Viro , † March 24, 2012 in Macerata ) was an Italian volleyball player .

Career

With the Italian national team , Vigor Bovolenta won the silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . He won four medals at European championships ( 1995 gold , 1997 bronze , 1999 gold and 2001 silver ). In 1995 he became world cup winner in Japan . In addition, Vigor Bovolenta won the world league four times ( 1995 , 1997 , 1999 and 2000 ). At the end of his international career, he finished fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

The middle blocker Vigor Bovolenta played from 1990 to 2011 in the top Italian division "Serie A1" and played 553 games here. He was Italian champion in 1991 with Ravenna and in 2002 with Modena and also won the national cup in 1991. With Ravenna he won the European Cup (1992, 1993, 1994), the CEV Cup (1997) and the Club World Championship (1991) three times in a row . In addition, he won the Top Teams Cup 2006 with Copra Piacenza and the Challenge Cup 2010 with Perugia Volley .

Vigor Bovolenta has played in the fourth Italian division since 2011. In the encounter between his team Forlì and Lube Macerata on March 24, 2012, he suffered a heart attack on the pitch . At the Macerata hospital, only his death could be determined. Bovolenta left behind his wife and four children. His fifth son was born on October 30, 2012.

Web links

• Beijing 2008 (Italian)
• LegaVolley (Italian)
• Vigor Bovolenta in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mourning for Vigor Bovolenta. (No longer available online.) Volleyballer.de, March 26, 2012, archived from the original on March 30, 2012 ; Retrieved March 26, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.