Got this from Al in my mail - asking to post in any news letters I am in.
Nice tid bit of info - if I had extra cash I would definitly go.
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Contact John Kane, Public Relations
(413) 536-0926
27 July 2006
for immediate release
Volleyball Hall of Fame to honor six international stars and Japan Volleyball Association (JVA)
• Bernie Holtzman - Beach Volleyball Pioneer (USA)
• Endre Holvay - International Leader (Hungary)
Since 1965, Holvay has served the National Hungarian Olympic Committee. The committee has recognized him with its highest honors, including the Medal of Merit in 1998. His country has also recognized him with the Hungarian People’s Republic Sport Gold Medal in 1988, the Order Officer Cross in 1994, Sports Prize in 1998 and the Youth and Sports Minister’s Count Miksa Eszterhazy prize for life-works.
Jacqueline Silva has been a volleyball icon for more than two decades. Best described by former teammates as determined and devoted, Silva has more than 100 combined wins at beach and indoor events. Known to fans as Jackie, the Rio de Janeiro native first encountered the sport on the Copacabana beaches at age nine. Silva was playing in international competitions less than five years later.
At 18, Silva finished seventh with the first Brazilian Olympic Women’s Volleyball Team in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and in 1984 in Los Angeles.
With her passion for beach volleyball, Silva dominated the sand throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s. Her first major international win came at the 1986 World Beach Volleyball Championship with former partner Rita Buck-Crockett.
She used her world title as momentum for the 1987 Women’s Professional Volleyball Association tour. Named the WPVA Best Setter in 1992, Silva was ranked first on the 1989 and 1990 tours. She continued racking up wins on the 1993 Association of Volleyball Professionals tour and was selected as the Most Valuable Player in 1994.
In 1995, Silva won the FIVB Tour Championships with partner Sandra Pires. Her win made the Olympic Games the only major international event she had not won in her indoor or beach career. But Silva completed her resume, by capturing the inaugural Women’s Beach Volleyball Gold Medal at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
The Jackie Silva Institute runs an anti-drug abuse sports project that serves approximately 4,000 Brazilian children in 30 different communities.
With 33-year-old Edward Skorek as its captain, the Polish National Team won a Gold Medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games by defeating Russia in five sets. Skorek helped Poland rally from a 2-1 set deficit and 14-15 score in the third set. The Russian team had not lost a single set in the 1976 Olympics until the championship match.
Skorek played 12 years for Poland with more than 275 world-class competitions after the conclusion of the 1976 Olympics. He also ignited Poland to the 1974 World Championship title. Known as “the great bomber” for his cross-court shots and “straight-down spikes”, Skorek went on to compete in the International Volleyball Association, a fledgling professional volleyball league in the United States, in 1977.
Smoleeva was one of the most talented players to step on the court for the Soviet Union. Representing the country in three consecutive Olympic Games, Smoleeva netted the Gold Medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Olympics in Munich. She also led her team to Olympic Silver in Montreal in 1976.
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