Biography of Vigor Bovolenta

Over the obstacle

May 30, 1974
March 25, 2012
Vigor Bovolenta was born the day the May 30, 1974 in Contarina, in the province of Rovigo. It is remembered as one of the most important sports blue volleyball athletes in the period from the second half of the 1990s to the early 2000s. His career spanned over twenty years at the highest level and saw him die in the field due to an illness the day March 25, 2012 in Macerata. His role was to Central; Bovolenta's debut dates back to 1990 with the amateurs of Polesella team; is then hired by Il Messaggero of Ravenna. His first-team debut with the 1990-1991 season formation occurs in the Romagna, winning for scudetto and Coppa Italy. In Ravenna went on to win three European cups, a CEV Cup and two UEFA Super cups. The debut of Vigor Bovolenta, Italian national team takes place on May 3, 1995 in Cuba (the match played in Havana, is won by the Cubans for 3-1) through the net that the player afterwards there are those teams of Ferrara, Rome, Palermo, Modena (which won the scudetto 2001-2002) and Piacenza (with which gets to play three League title and wins a Top Teams Cup). Among the most important achievements of Bovolenta with the blue shirt: silver medal at 1996 Atlanta Olympics, a World Cup, two European and four editions of the World League. His professional career includes more than 550 appearances in serie A1 in 21 years, until 2011. His last game is played in serie B-2 Saturday, March 24, 2012 playing Volley Forlì; the opponents are the boys of Lube Macerata. After 22.00 hours in the third image, threw the ball airs Vigor over the net and immediately calls for aid for a sudden illness. After the immediate relief and a nearby hospital in critical condition, has died. Vigor Bovolenta, which with the family lived in Ravenna, leaves his wife Christine Lisi (also a former volleyball player) and four children.
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