Nina Smoleyeva (born 28 March 1948) is a former volleyball player for the USSR.[1] Smoloyeva was a major player who helped the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team to become the most dominant team in the late 1960s to early 1970s, by winning the 1968 Olympics, the 1970 FIVB World Championship, the 1972 Olympics, and the 1973 FIVB World Cup in row.[2] She also helped the Soviet Union to European Championship titles in 1967, 1971, 1975, and 1977.[3]
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Smoleyeva in 2018
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| Full name | Nina Nikolayevna Smoleyeva (Nikitina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1948-03-28) 28 March 1948 (age 76) Volkhov, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2006, Smoleyeva was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[2]
