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Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Volleyball Championships (690)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Vladimir Nikolov BUL VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2006 JPN bronze
Marina Nikulina-Pankova RUS
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1988—1996 1–0–1 1990 CHN gold (competed as Marina Pankova for the Soviet Union); 1994 BRA bronze (competed as Marina Pankova for Russia)
Tetsuo Nishimoto JPN VVO Olympics 1972—1976 0–0–1 1974 MEX bronze
Sarah Noriega USA VVO Olympics 2000 0–1–0 2002 GER silver
Piotr Nowakowski POL VVO Olympics 2012—2020 2–0–0 2014 POL gold; 2018 ITA/BUL gold
Jeff Nygaard USA VBV/VVO Olympics 1996—2004 0–0–1 1994 GRE bronze
Katsumi Oda JPN VVO Olympics 1976 0–0–1 1974 MEX bronze
Elaina Oden USA VVO Olympics 1992—1996 0–0–1 1990 CHN bronze
Kim Oden USA VVO Olympics 1988—1992 0–0–1 1990 CHN bronze
Valentina Ogiyenko RUS
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1988—1996 1–0–2 1990 CHN gold (competed as Valentina Makovetskaya for the Soviet Union); 1994 BRA bronze (competed for Russia); 1998 JPN bronze (competed for Russia)
Maja Ognjenović SRB VVO Olympics 2008—2020 1–0–1 2006 JPN bronze (competed for Serbia and Montenegro); 2018 JPN gold
Sumie Oinuma JPN VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1967 JPN gold
Mariko Okamoto JPN VVO Olympics 1972—1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Seiji Oko JPN VVO Olympics / Coach 1968—1992 0–0–2 1970 BUL bronze; 1974 MEX bronze
Ruslan Olikhver RUS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1992—2000 0–1–1 1990 BRA bronze (competed for the Soviet Union); 2002 ARG silver (competed for Russia)
Tania Ortiz CUB VVO Olympics 1992 1–1–0 1986 TCH silver; 1994 BRA gold
Serena Ortolani ITA VVO Olympics 2008—2016 0–1–0 2018 JPN silver
Liliya Osadchaya URS
UKR		 VVO Olympics 1976 0–1–1 1974 MEX silver; 1978 URS bronze
Ai Otomo-Yamamoto JPN VVO Olympics 2004—2012 0–0–1 2010 JPN bronze (competed as Ai Yamamoto)
Jelena Ovchinnikova-Čebukina CRO
KAZ
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1988—2000 1–0–0 1990 CHN gold (competed as Yelena Chebukina for the Soviet Union)
Luis Oviedo CUB VVO Olympics 1980 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Nancy Owen USA VVO Olympics 1964—1968 0–1–0 1967 JPN silver
Paek Myong-Suk PRK VVO Olympics 1972 0–0–1 1970 BUL bronze
Paola Paggi ITA VVO Olympics 2000—2004 1–0–0 2002 GER gold
Yury Panchenko URS
UKR		 VVO Olympics 1980—1988 1–1–0 1982 ARG gold; 1986 FRA silver
Samuele Papi ITA VVO Olympics 1996—2012 2–0–0 1994 GRE gold; 1998 JPN gold
Irina Parkhomchuk RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1988 1–0–0 1990 CHN gold
Doug Partie USA VVO Olympics 1988—1992 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Michele Pasinato ITA VVO Olympics 1992 1–0–0 1998 JPN gold
Mathias Patin FRA VVO Olympics 2004 0–0–1 2002 ARG bronze
Paula BRA VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Karel Paulus CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1964 1–2–0 1956 FRA gold; 1960 BRA silver; 1962 URS silver
Mariya Perepyolkina RUS VVO Olympics 2012 1–0–0 2010 JPN gold
Antonio Pérez CUB VVO Olympics 1980 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Gaby Pérez PER VVO Olympics 1984—1988 0–0–1 1986 TCH bronze
Mercedes Pérez CUB VVO Olympics 1972—1980 1–0–0 1978 URS gold
Bobbie Perry USA VVO Olympics 1968 0–1–0 1967 JPN silver
Boris Perušič CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1964 1–0–0 1966 TCH gold
Horst Peter GDR VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Sharon Peterson USA VVO Olympics 1964—1968 0–1–0 1967 JPN silver
Petko Petkov BUL VVO Olympics 1980—1988 0–0–1 1986 FRA bronze
Vlado Petković SRB VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Vladimír Petlák CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1968—1976 1–0–0 1966 TCH gold
Keba Phipps USA VVO Olympics 1988—2004 0–1–0 2002 GER silver
Francesca Piccinini ITA VVO Olympics 2000—2012 1–0–0 2002 GER gold
Eckehard Pietzsch GDR VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Carmen Pimentel PER VVO Olympics 1980—1984 0–1–0 1982 PER silver
Pavel Pimienta CUB VVO Olympics 2000 0–0–1 1998 JPN bronze
Damiano Pippi ITA VVO Olympics 2004 1–0–0 1994 GRE gold
Daniel Pliński POL VVO Olympics 2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Davila Plocon ROU VVO Olympics 1964 0–0–1 1962 URS bronze
Yelena Plotnikova RUS VVO Olympics 2004 0–0–2 1998 JPN bronze; 2002 GER bronze
Marko Podraščanin SRB VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Anatoly Polishchuk URS
UKR		 VVO Olympics 1976 1–1–0 1974 MEX silver; 1978 ITA gold
Mercedes Pomares CUB VVO Olympics 1972—1980 1–0–0 1978 URS gold
Tatyana Ponyayeva-Tretyakova RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–1–0 1970 BUL gold (competed as Tatyana Tretyakova); 1974 MEX silver (competed as Tatyana Tretyakova)
Silvija Popović SRB VVO Olympics 2016—2020 1–0–0 2018 JPN gold
Jan Posthuma NED VVO Olympics 1988—1996 0–1–0 1994 GRE silver
Pat Powers USA VVO Olympics 1984 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Yury Poyarkov URS
UKR		 VVO Olympics 1964—1972 2–0–1 1960 BRA gold; 1962 URS gold; 1966 TCH bronze
Leonídio de Pra BRA VVO Olympics 1988 0–1–0 1982 ARG silver
Qiu Aihua CHN VVO Olympics 2000 0–1–0 1998 JPN silver
Raúl Quiroga ARG VVO Olympics 1984—1988 0–0–1 1982 ARG bronze
Nadezhda Radzevich RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1980 0–0–1 1978 URS bronze
Milan Rašić SRB VVO Olympics 2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Milena Rašić SRB VVO Olympics 2012—2020 1–0–0 2018 JPN gold
Renan BRA VVO Olympics / Coach 1980—2020 0–1–0 1982 ARG silver
Ri Chun-Ok PRK VVO Olympics 1972 0–0–1 1970 BUL bronze
Ricardinho BRA VVO Olympics 2004—2012 2–0–0 2002 ARG gold; 2006 JPN gold
Simona Rinieri Dennis ITA VVO Olympics 2000—2004 1–0–0 2002 GER gold (competed as Simona Rinieri)
María Cecilia del Risco PER VVO Olympics 1976—1984 0–1–0 1982 PER silver
Kelsey Robinson USA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 1–0–0 2014 ITA gold
Alaín Roca CUB VVO Olympics 1996—2000 0–0–1 1998 JPN bronze
Brecht Rodenburg NED VVO Olympics 1996 0–1–0 1994 GRE silver
Rodrigão BRA VVO Olympics 2004—2012 3–0–0 2002 ARG gold; 2006 JPN gold; 2010 ITA gold
Simone Rosalba ITA VVO Olympics 2000 1–0–0 1998 JPN gold
Nikola Rosić SRB VVO Olympics 2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Rui BRA VVO Olympics 1984 0–1–0 1982 ARG silver
Carlos Ruiz CUB VVO Olympics 1980 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Yumilka Ruiz CUB VVO Olympics / Administrator 1996—2016 1–0–0 1998 JPN gold
Igor Runov RUS
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1988—1992 0–1–1 1986 FRA silver (competed for the Soviet Union); 1990 BRA bronze (competed for the Soviet Union)
Aaron Russell USA VVO Olympics 2016 0–0–1 2018 ITA/BUL bronze
Mirosław Rybaczewski POL VVO Olympics 1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Ryom Chun-Ja PRK VVO Olympics 1972 0–0–1 1970 BUL bronze
Inna Ryskal AZE
URS		 VVO Olympics 1964—1976 1–2–0 1962 URS silver; 1970 BUL gold; 1974 MEX silver
Antonina Ryzhova RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1964 2–1–0 1956 FRA gold (competed as Antonina Moiseyeva); 1960 BRA gold; 1962 URS silver
Włodzimierz Sadalski POL VVO Olympics 1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Saori Sakoda JPN VVO Olympics 2012—2016 0–0–1 2010 JPN bronze
Carlos Salas CUB VVO Olympics 1976—1980 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Roza Salikhova RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–1–0 1970 BUL gold; 1974 MEX silver
Steve Salmons USA VVO Olympics 1984 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Teodor Salparov BUL VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2006 JPN bronze
Marko Samardžić SRB VVO Olympics 2008 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Samuel BRA VVO Olympics 2008 1–0–0 2006 JPN gold
Marta Sánchez CUB VVO Olympics / Non-starter 2000—2004 1–0–0 1998 JPN gold
Rodolfo Sánchez CUB VVO Olympics 1992—1996 0–1–1 1990 BRA silver; 1998 JPN bronze
Taylor Sander USA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–0–1 2018 ITA/BUL bronze
Teee Sanders-Williams USA VVO Olympics 1992—1996 0–0–1 1990 CHN bronze (competed as Teee Sanders)
Yuko Sano JPN VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2010 JPN bronze
Yury Sapega RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1988 0–1–1 1986 FRA silver; 1990 BRA bronze
Aleksandr Saprykin RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1972 0–1–0 1974 MEX silver
Inessa Sargsyan RUS VVO Olympics 2000 0–0–1 1994 BRA bronze (competed as Inessa Yemelyanova)
Abel Sarmientos CUB VVO Olympics 1992 0–1–0 1990 BRA silver
Andrea Sartoretti ITA VVO Olympics 1996—2004 1–0–0 1998 JPN gold
Tatyana Sarycheva RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Setsuko Sasaki JPN VVO Olympics 1964 1–0–0 1967 JPN gold
Sassá BRA VVO Olympics 2004—2008 0–2–0 2006 JPN silver; 2010 JPN silver
Eric Sato USA VVO Olympics 1988—1992 1–0–1 1986 FRA gold; 1994 GRE bronze
Liane Sato USA VVO Olympics 1988—1992 0–0–1 1990 CHN bronze
Tetsuo Sato JPN VVO Olympics 1968—1976 0–0–2 1970 BUL bronze; 1974 MEX bronze
Dave Saunders USA VVO Olympics 1984—1988 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Jesús Savigne CUB VVO Olympics 1976 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Aleksandr Savin RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1976—1980 2–1–0 1978 ITA gold; 1982 ARG gold; 1986 FRA silver
Pavel Schenk CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics / Coach 1964—1980 1–1–0 1962 URS silver; 1966 TCH gold
Siegfried Schneider GDR VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Jochen Schöps GER VVO Olympics 2008—2012 0–0–1 2014 POL bronze
William Schreiber ROU VVO Olympics / Non-starter 1964—1972 0–1–0 1966 TCH silver
Arnold Schulz GDR VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Rudi Schumann GDR VVO Olympics 1968—1972 1–0–0 1970 BUL gold
Sebastian Schwarz GER VVO Olympics 2012 0–0–1 2014 POL bronze
Danielle Scott-Arruda USA VVO Olympics 1996—2012 0–1–0 2002 GER silver (competed as Danielle Scott)
Pāvels Seļivanovs LAT
URS		 VVO Olympics 1976—1980 2–1–0 1978 ITA gold; 1982 ARG gold; 1986 FRA silver
Seo Hui-Suk KOR VVO Olympics 1968 0–0–1 1967 JPN bronze
Serginho BRA VVO Olympics 2004—2016 2–0–0 2002 ARG gold; 2006 JPN gold
Aleksandr Shadchin UKR
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1992 0–0–1 1990 BRA bronze (competed for the Soviet Union)
Shan Danna CHN VVO Olympics 2012 0–1–0 2014 ITA silver
Oleg Shatunov RUS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1992—1996 0–0–1 1990 BRA bronze (competed for the Soviet Union)
Lyudmila Shchetinina RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1976 0–1–1 1974 MEX silver; 1978 URS bronze
Sheilla Tavares BRA VVO Olympics 2008—2016 0–2–1 2006 JPN silver; 2010 JPN silver; 2014 ITA bronze
Marina Sheshenina RUS VVO Olympics 2004—2008 1–0–0 2006 JPN gold
Seiko Shimakage JPN VVO Olympics 1972 0–1–0 1970 BUL silver
Kenji Shimaoka JPN VVO Olympics 1968—1976 0–0–2 1970 BUL bronze; 1974 MEX bronze
Yoko Shinozaki JPN VVO Olympics 1964 2–0–0 1962 URS gold; 1967 JPN gold
Michiko Shiokawa JPN VVO Olympics 1972 0–1–0 1970 BUL silver
Takako Shirai JPN VVO Olympics 1972—1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Kunie Shishikura JPN VVO Olympics 1968 1–0–0 1967 JPN gold
Vladimir Shkurikhin RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1988 1–1–0 1982 ARG gold; 1986 FRA silver
Erik Shoji USA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–0–1 2018 ITA/BUL bronze
Kawika Shoji USA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–0–1 2018 ITA/BUL bronze
Eduard Sibiryakov RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1964—1968 1–0–0 1962 URS gold
Sidão BRA VVO Olympics 2012 1–1–0 2010 ITA gold; 2014 POL silver
Tatyana Sidorenko RUS
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics / Non-starter 1988—1992 1–0–0 1990 CHN gold
Léia Silva BRA VVO Olympics 2016 0–0–1 2014 ITA bronze (did not compete)
Zdravko Simeonov BUL VVO Olympics 1968—1972 0–1–0 1970 BUL silver
Aleksander Skiba POL VVO Olympics / Coach 1968—1980 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Edward Skorek POL VVO Olympics 1968—1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Kiril Slavov BUL VVO Olympics 1968—1972 0–1–0 1970 BUL silver
Maria Śliwka POL VVO Olympics 1964 0–0–1 1962 URS bronze
Václav Šmídl CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1964 1–2–0 1960 BRA silver; 1962 URS silver; 1966 TCH gold
Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko RUS
URS
EUN		 VVO Olympics 1988—1996 1–0–0 1990 CHN gold (competed as Irina Ilchenko for the Soviet Union)
David Smith USA VVO Olympics 2012—2020 0–0–1 2018 ITA/BUL bronze
Nina Smoleyeva KAZ
URS		 VVO Olympics 1968—1976 1–0–1 1970 BUL gold; 1978 URS bronze
Josef Smolka CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1968 1–0–0 1966 TCH gold
Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova RUS VVO Olympics 1996—2012 2–0–1 1998 JPN bronze (competed as Lyubov Sokolova); 2006 JPN gold (competed as Lyubov Shashkova); 2010 JPN gold (competed as Lyubov Shashkova)
Tom Sorensen USA VVO Olympics 1996 0–0–1 1994 GRE bronze
Josef Šorm CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1964 0–2–0 1960 BRA silver; 1962 URS silver
Aleksandr Sorokolet URS
UKR		 VVO Olympics 1988 1–1–0 1982 ARG gold; 1986 FRA silver
Douglas Souza BRA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–1–0 2018 ITA/BUL silver
Maurício Souza BRA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–1–0 2018 ITA/BUL silver
Wallace Souza BRA VVO Olympics 2012—2020 0–2–0 2014 POL silver; 2018 ITA/BUL silver
Dragan Stanković SRB VVO Olympics 2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Saša Starović SRB VVO Olympics / Other 2008—2012 0–0–1 2010 ITA bronze
Yevgeniya Startseva ROC
RUS		 VVO Olympics 2012—2020 1–0–0 2010 JPN gold
Yury Starunsky RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1972—1976 0–1–0 1974 MEX silver
Włodzimierz Stefański POL VVO Olympics 1972—1976 1–0–0 1974 MEX gold
Markus Steuerwald GER VVO Olympics 2012 0–0–1 2014 POL bronze
Jovana Stevanović SRB VVO Olympics 2016 1–0–0 2018 JPN gold
Jeff Stork USA VVO Olympics 1988—1996 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Lachezar Stoyanov BUL VVO Olympics 1964—1972 0–1–0 1970 BUL silver
Su Huijuan CHN VVO Olympics / Non-starter 1984—1992 1–1–0 1986 TCH gold; 1990 CHN silver
Su Liqun CHN VVO Olympics 1992 0–1–0 1990 CHN silver
José David Suárez CUB VVO Olympics 1980 0–0–1 1978 ITA bronze
Sun Jinfang CHN Other 1–0–0 1982 PER gold
Sun Yue CHN VVO Olympics 1992—2000 0–1–0 1998 JPN silver
Sebastian Świderski POL VVO Olympics 2004—2008 0–1–0 2006 JPN silver
Stacy Sykora USA VVO Olympics 2000—2008 0–1–0 2002 GER silver
Miriam Sylla ITA VVO Olympics 2016—2020 0–1–0 2018 JPN silver
Cecilia Tait PER VVO Olympics / Administrator 1980—2023 0–1–1 1982 PER silver; 1986 TCH bronze
Suzue Takayama JPN VVO Olympics 1968 1–0–0 1967 JPN gold
Shoko Takayanagi JPN VVO Olympics 1976 0–1–0 1978 URS silver
Yoshie Takeshita JPN VVO Olympics 2004—2012 0–0–1 2010 JPN bronze
Željko Tanasković SRB
SCG		 VVO Olympics 1996 0–1–0 1998 JPN silver (competed for FR Yugoslavia)
Tandara BRA VVO Olympics 2012—2020 0–0–1 2014 ITA bronze
Kinuko Tanida JPN VVO Olympics 1964 1–1–0 1960 BRA silver; 1962 URS gold
Irina Tebenikhina RUS VVO Olympics 2004 0–0–1 1998 JPN bronze
Imilsis Téllez CUB VVO Olympics 1976—1980 1–0–0 1978 URS gold
Sergey Tetyukhin RUS VVO Olympics / Other 1996—2016 0–1–0 2002 ARG silver
Thaísa BRA VVO Olympics 2008—2016 0–1–1 2010 JPN silver; 2014 ITA bronze
Courtney Thompson USA VVO Olympics 2012—2016 1–0–0 2014 ITA gold
Tamara Tikhonina RUS
URS		 VVO Olympics 1964 0–1–0 1962 URS silver
Steve Timmons USA VVO Olympics 1984—1992 1–0–0 1986 FRA gold
Yuliya Timonova RUS VVO Olympics 1996 0–0–1 1994 BRA bronze
Yelizaveta Tishchenko RUS VVO Olympics 1996—2004 0–0–3 1994 BRA bronze; 1998 JPN bronze; 2002 GER bronze
Natalia Todorovschi ROU VVO Olympics 1964 0–1–0 1956 FRA silver (competed as Natalia Cernat)
Paolo Tofoli ITA VVO Olympics 1992—2004 2–0–0 1990 BRA gold; 1994 GRE gold
Elisa Togut ITA VVO Olympics 2000—2004 1–0–0 2002 GER gold
Logan Tom USA VVO Olympics 2000—2012 0–1–0 2002 GER silver
Ladislav Toman CZE
TCH		 VVO Olympics 1964 0–2–0 1960 BRA silver; 1962 URS silver
Dimo Tonev BUL VVO Olympics / Other 1988—1996 0–0–1 1986 FRA bronze
Gina Torrealva PER VVO Olympics 1980—1988 0–1–1 1982 PER silver; 1986 TCH bronze