Vadim Khamuttskikh

Vadim Khamuttskikh started playing volleyball in his home town at the age of nine. He went on to compete in four Olympic tournaments and played in 23 games, scoring 36 points. For the Russian national team, he participated in 237 matches. At the 2002 World Championships in Buenos Aires, Khamuttskikh won a silver medal. He also won two silver medals at the European Championships, at Vienna in 1999, and Moskva (Moscow) in 2007. Additionally, he won bronze at Ostrava, Czech Republic in 2001, and Berlin in 2003. Khamuttskikh won the only gold medal of his international career at the 1999 World Cup in Japan. He won the Russian Championship seven times, and twice won the CEV Champions League. He died in his sleep from a heart attack.