Jenia Grebennikov

Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian origins, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Diatec Trentino,[1] 2015 European Champion, a gold medalist of the World League (2015, 2017).

Jenia Grebennikov
Personal information
Nationality France
Russian
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990
Rennes, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubDiatec Trentino
Number69
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2013
2013–2015
2015–2018
2018–		 Rennes Volley 35
VfB Friedrichshafen
Cucine Lube Civitanova
Diatec Trentino
National team
2011– France
Honours
Representing  France
Men's volleyball
CEV European Championship
2015 Bulgaria/Italy
FIVB World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2017 Curitiba
2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
2018 Lille

Personal life

Jenia Grebennikov was born in Rennes, France. His father Boris Grebennikov is a former Russian volleyball player and coach. He married his long-time girlfriend Wiem on 31 December 2018.[2]

Career

Clubs

In April 2015 he signed a contract with Italian Cucine Lube Civitanova.[3]

National team

Jenia Grebennikov debuted on the French national team in 2011. In 2014 he played at the World Championship 2014 held in Poland.[4] France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[5] Grebennikov received an individual award for the Best Libero of the tournament.[6] On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including Grebennikov, achieved the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[7] He was awarded Best Libero of the championships.

Sporting achievements

Individually

References
  1. "Player – Jenia Grebennikov". FIVB. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. "Jenia Grebennikov Is NOW MARRIED!!!". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. Jenia Grebennikov, Lube Treia ile anlaştı - voleybolextra.com - 24-04-2015
  4. France - team profile - fivb.org
  5. Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  6. Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  7. France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver - cev.lu - 18-10-2015
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