Valentina Ogiyenko | |
Fullname: | Valentina Vitalyevna Ogiyenko |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1965 |
Birth Place: | Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 72kg (159lb) |
Nationalteam: | |
Nationalyears: | 1983–1991 1992 1992–1998 |
Years: | 1983–1991 1991–1992 1995–1999 |
Clubs: | Uralochka Ekaterinburgo Mladost Zagreb Uralochka Ekaterinburgo |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Teamnumber: | 1 (national team) |
Valentina Vitalyevna Ogiyenko (Russian: Валенти́на Вита́льевна Огие́нко, born 26 May 1965) is a Russian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian who was a member of the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] She was selected as the Best Player of the Year by the International Volleyball Federation in 1989.
In 2019, Ogiyenko was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.[2]