Vladimir Patkin
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Vladimir Leonidovich Patkin is a Russian
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

 former volleyball
Volleyball
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 player who competed for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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 in the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
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 and 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
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. He is Jewish. He is Jewish, and was born in Bobrov
Bobrov, Russia
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, Voronezh
Voronezh
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, Russia.

Volleyball career

He won a gold medal at the 1971 European Athletics Championships.

He a member of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal
Bronze medal
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 in the 1972 Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

. He played six matches. He was also a member of the Soviet team that won the silver medal
Silver medal
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 at the 1976 Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

.

He later became the Secretary General of the Russian Volleyball Federation.

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