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{{short description|Belarusian volleyball player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{infobox volleyball biography
| name           = Yuri Sapega
| nickname       = The Poet
| fullname       = Yury Nikolayevich Sapega
| nationality    = 
| height         = 1.96 m
| birth_date     = {{birth_date|1965|1|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Grodno, Belarus]]
| death_date     = {{death_date and age|2005|9|29|1965|1|1|df=yes}}
| death_place    = [[Moscow, Russia]]
| position       = Outside hitter
| teamnumber     = 9
| nationalyears  = 1984–1991<br>1992
| nationalteam   = {{vb|USSR}}<br>{{vb|CIS}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition | [[Volleyball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] |[[Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1986 France]]|[[1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship|1990 Brazil]]|[[1990 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1986 Goodwill Games|1986 Moscow]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Friendship Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Volleyball at the Friendship Games|1984 Havana]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1991 European Volleyball Championship|1991 Germany]]|}}
}}

'''Yuri Sapega''' ({{langx|be|Юрый Мікалаевіч Сапега}}; {{langx|ru|Юрий Николаевич Сапега}}; 1 January 1965   – 29 September 2005) was a [[Belarus]]ian professional [[volleyball]] player and coach. He was a member of the USSR National Team since 1986<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040124144754/http://www.sovsport.ru:80/gazeta/default.asp?id=124313 Рвачей в «Динамо» не будет!]. ''Sovsport.ru'' (in Russian). Archived from the original on 24 January 2004.</ref> and won a silver medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], competing for the [[USSR]].<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |title=Yury Sapega |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53202 |website=Olympedia |access-date=13 January 2024 }}</ref> He was 194&nbsp;cm tall and played both as passer-hitter and middle hitter. Sapega was nicknamed "The Poet" for his elegant style.

==Club volleyball==

Sapega played in Italy for [[Padova (volleyball)|Padova]] in the 1990s.

==Coaching==

After ending his career as player, Sapega worked as an assistant coach for the Russian national volleyball team, and later was a manager in the Russian Volleyball Championship.

==Personal life==

Sapega was born in [[Grodno]].<ref name="Olympedia" /> Sapega died in [[Moscow]] in 2005 after a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].

==Clubs==
{| bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" 
|align=center|'''Club'''
|align=center|'''Country'''
|align=center|'''From'''
|align=center|'''To'''
|- bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align=left
|[[CSKA Moskow (volleyball)|CSKA Moscow]]
|{{USSR}}
|1982-1983
|1990-1991
|-align="left"
|[[Padova (volleyball)]]
|{{ITA}}
|1991-1992
|1992-1993
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [https://volleybox.net/yuri-sapega-p63601 Volleybox.net profile]

{{Soviet Union squad 1986 FIVB Men's World Championship}}
{{Soviet Union men's volleyball squad 1988 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1965 births]]
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[[Category:Belarusian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Soviet men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Belarusian volleyball coaches]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in volleyball]]
[[Category:Russian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Grodno]]
[[Category:Coaches of Russia men's national volleyball team]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]
[[Category:20th-century Belarusian sportsmen]]