Sergey Grankin

Sergey Grankin
Personal information
Full name	Sergey Yuryevich Grankin
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1985-01-21) 21 January 1985 Yessentuki, Russia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Spike	330 cm (130 in)
Block	320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Belogorie Belgorod
Number	5
Career
Years Teams 2006–2017 2017– Dinamo Moscow Belogorie Belgorod
National team
0000 Russia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2008 Beijing Team World League 2011 Gdansk 2013 Mar del Plata 2010 Córdoba 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Belgrade World Grand Champions Cup 2013 Japan European Championship 2013 Copenhagen 2017 Poland
Last updated: 20 December 2017

Sergey Yuryevich Grankin (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Гранкин; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian volleyball player.

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.

Awards

References

• Profile Rsv
• Sergey Grankin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

External links

• Sergey Grankin at the International Olympic Committee

Awards
Preceded by Dragan Travica Simone Giannelli	Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2013 2017	Succeeded by Simone Giannelli TBD