Sergey Grankin

Sergey Grankin
Personal information
Full name	Sergey Yuryevich Grankin
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1985-01-21) 21 January 1985 Yessentuki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Fakel Novy Urengoy
Number	6
Career
Years Teams 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 2012 London 2008 Beijing FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 2013 Japan FIVB World League 2011 Gdansk 2013 Mar del Plata 2010 Córdoba 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Belgrade CEV European Championship 2013 Copenhagen 2017 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

• CEV Champions League
  • 2009/2010 – with Dynamo Moscow
• CEV Cup
  • 2011/2012 – with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2014/2015 – with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2017/2018 – with Belogorie Belgorod
• National championships
  • 2006/2007 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2007/2008 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2008/2009 Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2008/2009 Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2009/2010 Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow
  • 2018/2019 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2019/2020 German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2019/2020 German Cup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2020/2021 German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2020/2021 German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2021/2022 German SuperCup, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
  • 2021/2022 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

• 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.

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia
• Player profile at Volleybox.net