Aleksandr Volkov (volleyball)

Aleksandr Volkov
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Volkov
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1985-02-14) February 14, 1985 Moscow, Russia
Height	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Spike	360 cm (140 in)
Block	335 cm (132 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Current club	Ural Ufa
Number	15 (club), 18 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2010 2010–2011 2011–2015 2015– Dynamo Moscow Luch Moscow Dynamo Moscow Piemonte Volley Zenit Kazan Ural Ufa
National team
2004–  Russia
Honours Representing  Russia Men's Volleyball Olympic Games 2012 London 2008 Beijing World Cup 2011 Japan 2007 Japan World League 2011 Gdansk 2010 Córdoba 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Belgrade European Championship 2007 Russia
Last updated: 12 March 2016

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (Russian: Александр Александрович Волков, born 14 February 1985) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Ural Ufa, 2012 Olympic Champion, bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, gold medalist of the 2011 World Cup, silver medalist of the 2007 European Championship, multimedalist of the World League.

Biography

With Dynamo Moscow he won the bronze medal at the Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 and was awarded Final Four' "Best Blocker".^[1]

Volkov competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Russia claimed the bronze medal. He and the Russian Team won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2006/2007 - with Dynamo Moscow
• 2009/2010 - with Dynamo Moscow
• 2011/2012 - with Zenit Kazan
• 2012/2013 - with Zenit Kazan
• 2014/2015 - with Zenit Kazan

FIVB Club World Championship

• 2011 Qatar - with Zenit Kazan

National championships

• 2003/2004 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2005/2006 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2005/2006 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2006/2007 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2007/2008 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2007/2008 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2009/2010 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2010/2011 Italian SuperCup 2010, with Piemonte Volley
• 2010/2011 Italian Cup, with Piemonte Volley
• 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Piemonte Volley
• 2011/2012 Russian SuperCup 2011, with Zenit Kazan
• 2011/2012 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2012/2013 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2012/2013 Russian SuperCup 2012, with Zenit Kazan
• 2013/2014 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2014/2015 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2014/2015 Russian Cup, with Zenit Kazan

National team

• 2007 FIVB World League
• 2007 CEV European Championship
• 2007 FIVB World Cup
• 2008 FIVB World League
• 2008 Olympic Games
• 2009 FIVB World League
• 2010 FIVB World League
• 2011 FIVB World League
• 2011 FIVB World Cup
• 2012 Olympic Games

Individually

• 2007 CEV Champions League - Best Blocker
• 2009 CEV European Championship - Best Spiker
• 2011 Italian SuperCup - Most Valuable Player
• 2011 Memorial of Hubert Jerzy Wagner - Best Server

References

External links

• Sports-reference.com profile

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Russia – 2008 Summer Olympics (Bronze Medal)
1 Korneev 2 Poltavskiy 3 Kosarev 6 Grankin 8 Tetyukhin 9 Khamuttskikh (C) 10 Berezhko 13 Ostapenko 15 Volkov 16 Verbov 17 Mikhaylov 18 Kuleshov Coach: Alekno

Russia – 2012 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)
3 Apalikov 4 Khtey (C) 5 Grankin 8 Tetyukhin 9 Sokolov 10 Berezhko 12 Butko 13 Muserskiy 15 Ilinikh 17 Mikhaylov 18 Volkov 20 Obmochaev Coach: Alekno

Awards
Preceded by Gustavo Endres	Best Blocker of CEV Champions League 2006/2007	Succeeded by Alexander Bogomolov
Preceded by Yury Berezhko	Best Spiker of CEV European Championship 2009	Succeeded by Maxim Mikhaylov