Valentina Vitalyevna Ogiyenko (Russian: Валенти́на Вита́льевна Огие́нко, born 26 May 1965) is a Russian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian who was a member of the Soviet Union women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] She was selected as the Best Player of the Year by the International Volleyball Federation in 1989.^[2]

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Valentina Ogiyenko
Personal information
Full name	Valentina Vitalyevna Ogiyenko
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1965-05-26) 26 May 1965 (age 58) Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	1 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1983–1991 1991–1992 1995–1999 Uralochka Ekaterinburgo Mladost Zagreb Uralochka Ekaterinburgo
National team
1983–1991 1992 1992–1998  Soviet Union  Unified Team  Russia
Honours Women’s volleyball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1990 China Team World Cup 1989 Japan 1985 Japan 1991 Japan Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow 1990 Seattle Friendship Games 1984 Varna European Championship 1985 Netherlands 1989 West Germany 1991 Italy 1983 East Germany 1987 Belgium Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Russia World Championship 1994 Brazil Team 1998 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1993 Japan Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1998 Hong Kong European Championship 1993 Czech Republic 1995 Netherlands

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In 2019, Ogiyenko was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.^[2]