Larisa Bergen

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Larisa Bergen
Personal information
Full name Larisa Abramovna Bergen (Goncharova-);
Лариса Абрамовна Берген (Гончарова-)
Born September 22, 1949
Height 5' 7" (171 cm)
Weight 148 lbs (67 kg)

Larisa Bergen (born September 22, 1949) is a former volleyball player for the USSR.[1] She is Jewish,[2] and was born in Astana, Kazakhstan.[1] Bergen played for Dynamo Moskva, in Moscow, Russia.[1] She won a silver medal in volleyball at the 1976 Olympics, in Montreal, Canada.[1][3]

See also

  • List of select Jewish volleyball players

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Larisa Bergen Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
  2. Paul Taylor (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics : with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
  3. "Olympic Volleyball History". Volleyball.org. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 

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