Irina Vladimirovna Koroleva (née Zaryazhko) (russian: Ирина Владимировна Королева (Заряжко), born 4 October 1991) is a Russian

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player, who plays as a middle blocker. She is a member of the Women's National Team and has participated at the

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(in Kazan 2013, Gwangju 2015), the

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in Baku, and the

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in Rio de Janeiro. At club level, she played for Aouroum Khabarovsk, Samorodok Khabarovsk and Uralochka before joining Dinamo Kazan in 2016.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2015 European Championship "Best Middle Blockers"'' * ''2017 Yeltsin Cup "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2019 World Cup "Best blocker"''

National team

Junior

* 2013 Universiade – Gold medal * 2015 Universiade – Gold medal

Senior

* 2013 Montreux Volley Masters – Silver medal * 2013 Boris Yeltsin Cup – Gold medal * 2013 European Championship – Gold medal *

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– Bronze medal * 2014 Boris Yeltsin Cup – Silver medal *

2014 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star te ...

– Bronze medal *

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– Silver medal * 2015 European Championship – Gold medal * 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia)

Clubs

* 2013–14 CEV Cup – Silver medal (with Uralochka) *

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– Silver medal (with Uralochka) * 2015–16 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Uralochka) * 2016 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) *

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– Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2016–17 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Kazan) * 2019 Russian Super League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan * 2019 Russian Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan * 2020 Russian Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan

References

External links

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at Volleyball club Dinamo-Kazan {{DEFAULTSORT:Koroleva, Irina 1991 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Novosibirsk European Games competitors for Russia Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade gold medalists for Russia Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women