Sergey Grankin
Personal information
Full nameSergey Yuryevich Grankin
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1985-01-21) 21 January 1985
Yessentuki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubFakel Novy Urengoy
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2022
2022–		Dynamo Moscow
Belogorie Belgorod
Dynamo Moscow
Berlin Recycling Volleys
Fakel Novy Urengoy
National team
2006–2019 Russia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place2013 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place2011 Gdansk
Gold medal – first place2013 Mar del Plata
Silver medal – second place2010 Córdoba
Bronze medal – third place2008 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place2009 Belgrade
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 Copenhagen
Gold medal – first place2017 Poland

Sergey Yuryevich Grankin (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Гранкин; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian volleyball player, a former member of the Russian national team. 2012 Olympic Champion, two–time European Champion (2013, 2017), and a multiple World League medallist. At the professional club level, he plays for Fakel Novy Urengoy.

Career

Sergey Grankin started playing volleyball at the age of 7. Sergey Grankin captained the Youth team of Russia at the victorious European Championship in 2004 in Croatia, and the 2005 World Championships in India, where he first confidently made himself known. Mostly due to the mood of their captain, the Russians won the final match over Brazil in the first set when the score was 23:16 in favor of their rivals, the Russian scored 7 points in a row with Grankin serving , pulled out a losing set and broke down the Brazilians who lost the following two sets. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics where Russia claimed the bronze medal and at the 2012 Summer Olympics where Russia won the gold. He married his fiance Bruna de Araujo on 19 August 2012. At the 2013 European Volleyball Championship - where Russia won the gold medal and was awarded as the best setter of the tournament.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Individual awards

References

  • Profile Rsv
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergey Grankin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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