Dmitry Aleksandrovich Muserskiy (russian: Дмитрий Александрович Мусэрский) (born 29 October 1988) is a Russian

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player of

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descent, member of the Russian national team and Japanese club,

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. 2012 Olympic Champion, 2011 World Cup winner, 2013 European Champion, and multiple World League medallist. Muserskiy is among the world's tallest athletes.

Career

Muserskiy began playing volleyball at the age of 8 under the guidance of Boris Osnach. In 2006 Muserskiy defended the colors of the junior national team. On 4 June 2010 in

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, in his first match for the Russian national team against

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in the

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Muserskiy scored 13 points and became the best scorer of the Russian team that day. In 2011, with his national team, he won the

and the FIVB World Cup.

Personal life

Muserskiy was born in

Makiivka Makiivka ( uk, Макіївка, Makíyivka, ; russian: Макеевка, Makeyevka, ), formerly Dmytriivsk, is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Located from the capital Donetsk, the two cities are practically a conurbati ...

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. He gained Russian citizenship in 2006. In February 2015, his wife gave birth to their son, Roman.''RUS M: Dmitriy Muserskiy became father!''
– worldofvolley.com – 15-05-2015

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tot ...

2013/2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod * FIVB Club World Championship ** Gold medal world centered-2

Belo Horizonte 2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod *

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

2008/2009 – with Belogorie Belgorod ** Simple gold cup

2017/2018 – with Belogorie Belgorod * National championships ** 2012/2013 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2012/2013 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2020/2021 Gold medal with cup

Japanese Championship, with

** 2021/2022 Gold medal with cup

Japanese Championship, with

Individual awards

* 2010:

– Best Blocker * 2011:

– Best Server * 2013:

– Best Middle Blocker * 2013: CEV European Championship – Most Valuable Player * 2013:

FIVB World Grand Champions Cup The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior men's and women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The tournament was created in 1993 af ...

– Most Valuable Player * 2014:

– Best Middle Blocker * 2014: FIVB Club World Championship – Most Valuable Player * 2018: FIVB Nations League – Best Middle Blocker

References

External links

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Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Muserskiy, Dmitry 1988 births Living people Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalised citizens of Russia Russian people of Ukrainian descent Sportspeople from Makiivka Russian men's volleyball players Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics VC Yurydychna Akademiya Kharkiv players VC Belogorie players Middle blockers