Aleksandr Sergeyevich Sokolov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Соколов; born 1 March 1982) is a Russian

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, who competes for Fakel and the

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. He has competed at the

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, where Russia won the gold medal in the final against Brazil.

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1982 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Kolomna Universiade medalists in volleyball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub