Sergey Grankin
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Sergey Yuryevich Grankin (Template:Langx; 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
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Cup
- National championships
- 2006/2007 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2007/2008 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2008/2009 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2008/2009 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2009/2010 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow
- 2018/2019 File:Gold medal with cup.svg German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2019/2020 File:Simple gold cup.svg German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2019/2020 File:Simple gold cup.svg German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2020/2021 File:Simple gold cup.svg German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2020/2021 File:Gold medal with cup.svg German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2021/2022 File:Simple gold cup.svg German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
- 2021/2022 File:Gold medal with cup.svg German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
Individual awards
- 2003: CEV U19 European Championship – Best Setter
- 2010: FIVB World League – Best Setter
- 2013: CEV European Championship – Best Setter
- 2017: CEV European Championship – Best Setter
References
External links
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- Player profile at Volleybox.net
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Yessentuki
- Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai
- Russian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Russia
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- VC Belogorie players
- Setters (volleyball)
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen