Valeri Kalachikhin
Personal information
Full nameValeri Alexeyevich Kalachikhin
NicknameВалерий Алексеевич Калачихин
NationalityRussian
Born(1939-05-20)20 May 1939
Leningradskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Died27 November 2014(2014-11-27) (aged 75)
National team
Soviet Union men's national volleyball team
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team

Valeri Alexeyevich Kalachikhin (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич Калачихин, 20 May 1939 – 27 November 2014) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in the Sovkhoz Vtoraya Pyatiletka near Leningradskaya, Krasnodar Krai. In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team, which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches.


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