Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić is a Serbian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2011.
Yuri Sapega was a Belarusian professional volleyball player and coach. He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1986 and won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, competing for the USSR. He was 194 cm tall and played both as passer-hitter and middle hitter. Sapega was nicknamed "The Poet" for his elegant style.
Ronald ("Ron") Ferdinand Zwerver is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. He was one of the dominant forces in Dutch volleyball in the 1990s. He was selected as the Best Attacker at both the 1990 and 1994 FIVB World Championships.
John Hyden is an American volleyball and beach volleyball player. Raised in San Diego, California, where he attended Mt. Carmel High School, Hyden was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he finished in 11th place with the national team.
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos, more commonly known as Mirka Francia, is a Cuban-Italian retired volleyball player who won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuban women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 m (6 ft) tall, she played as a middle blocker before transitioning to an outside hitter later in her career.
The Lega Pallavolo Serie A is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is SuperLega. Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall level of competition is considerably high. Nowadays, the SuperLega is widely considered the best league in the world.
Zoila Barros Fernández, more commonly known as Zoila Barros, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. As a middle blocker, she played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, helping the team win the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Liana Mesa Luaces is a former volleyball player from Cuba who played with the Cuban women's national volleyball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she won the bronze medal.
Michele Pasinato was an Italian volleyball player who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Italian men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Nicknamed "Paso" and "Micky", he was on the side that won the title at the 1998 World Championships in Japan.
Cindy Carolina Rondón Martínez is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who twice won the bronze medal with the Dominican women's national team at the NORCECA Championship.
Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Zaytsev was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics, and the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was a setter.
Yaroslav Viktorovich Antonov is a Russian former volleyball player who won a silver medal while playing for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a powerful left-handed spiker who led the Soviet team in the late 1980s.
Valery Losev is a Kyrgyzstani former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He was a setter.
Osvaldo Hernández Chambert, more commonly known as Osvaldo Hernández, is a retired Italian volleyball player originally from Cuba.
Tania Ortiz Calvo, also known as Tania Ortiz, is a former volleyball player who played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team and won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She was a setter.
Yūki Ishikawa is a Japanese professional volleyball player. He currently plays as an outside hitter and team captain of Japan men's national volleyball team. At club-level, he plays for Sir Safety Perugia at the Italian Volleyball League.
Alexeis Argilagos is a Cuban former volleyball player. He was part of the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing seventh. Argilagos also helped Cuba win the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.
Ramón Gato is a Cuban former volleyball player who played for the Cuban men's national volleyball team. Gato competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing seventh. He won bronze medals with the Cuban team at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata and the 1998 FIVB World Championship in Japan.
Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado Alencar was a Brazilian volleyball player and coach. She played for the Brazilian national team for ten years, with appearances at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, and the 1986 FIVB World Championship.
Kathryn Rose Plummer is an American professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the United States women's national volleyball team and the Turkish club Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.
