Vigor Bovolenta

{{Short description|Italian volleyball player (1974–2012)}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Vigor Bovolenta

| image = Vigor Bovolenta.jpg

| fullname =

| nickname =

| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|5|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rovigo, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|3|24|1974|5|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Macerata, Italy

| position = Middle blocker

| height = 2.02 m

| weight =

| spike = 358 cm

| block = 345 cm

| team =

| currentnumber =

| nationalteam = {{vb|ITA}}

| nationalyears = 1995–2008

| updated = 2 January 2018

| years = 1990–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2008
2008–2010
2010–2012

| clubs = Edilcuoghi Ravenna
4Torri Ferrara Volley
Piaggio Roma
Iveco Palermo
Casa Modena
Copra Berni Piacenza
RPA LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
Volley Forlí

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1996 Atlanta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{Medal|Gold| 1995 Japan | }}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1995 Rio de Janeiro|}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1997 Moscow|}}

{{Medal|Gold| 1999 Mar del Plata|}}

{{Medal|Gold| 2000 Rotterdam|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{Medal|Gold|1995 Greece|}}

{{Medal|Silver|2001 Czech Republic|}}

}}

Vigor Bovolenta (30 May 1974 – 24 March 2012) was a volleyball player from Italy. Bovolenta was part of the men's national team that won the gold medal at the 1995 European Championship in Greece and the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/vigor-bovolenta-1.html Olympic results]

Bovolenta died at the age of 37 after suffering a heart attack during an Italian League fourth level game between his team, Forlì, and the reserve team of Macerata.{{cite news |language=it|title=Malore in campo. Addio a Bovolenta |author= Marisa Poli|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Pallavolo/25-03-2012/malore-bovolenta-ex-azzurro-ospedale-91728395777.shtml |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=24 March 2012 | publisher = Gazzetta.it}} He had severe coronary artery disease similar to Sergey Grinkov.