Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French

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 of

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descent. He is part of the French national team, 2020 Olympic Champion, two–time World League winner (

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), 2015 European Champion. At the professional club level, he plays for the Russian team,

Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in 1925 (or in 1914, acco ...

Personal life

Jenia Grebennikov was born in

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

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. His father Boris Grebennikov is a former Soviet and Kazakh volleyball player and coach. He married his longtime girlfriend Wiem on 31 December 2018.

Career

Clubs

In April 2015, he signed a contract with the Italian team,

Cucine Lube Civitanova Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five time ...

National team

Jenia Grebennikov debuted on the French national team in 2011. In 2014 he played at the World Championship 2014 held in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. France lost the match for the bronze medal with

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and took 4th place. Grebennikov received an individual award for the ''Best Libero'' of the tournament. On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including Grebennikov, achieved the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

in the finale).''France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver''
- cev.lu - 18-10-2015 He was awarded ''Best Libero'' of the championships.

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 ...

2017/2018 – with

* FIVB Club World Championship ** Silver medal world centered-2

Poland 2017 – with

Poland 2018 – with

Trentino Volley Trentino Volley is a professional Italian volleyball team based in Trento, in northern Italy. It plays in the Italian Volleyball League without interruption since 2000. It has won four times the Italian Volleyball League, the Italian Cup, the Ita ...

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 ...

2018/2019 – with

* National championships ** 2011/2012 Simple gold cup

French Cup, with Rennes Volley 35 ** 2013/2014 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friefdrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Bundesliga an ...

** 2014/2015 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

** 2014/2015 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

** 2016/2017 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup, with

** 2016/2017 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship, with

Individual awards

* 2011: French Championship – Best Libero * 2012: French Championship – Most Valuable Player * 2012: French Championship – Best Libero * 2014: FIVB World Championship – Best Libero * 2015: CEV European Championship – Best Libero * 2016:

– Best Libero * 2016:

FIVB World League The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wom ...

– Best Libero * 2017:

– Best Libero * 2017: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero * 2018:

– Best Libero * 2018: FIVB Nations League – Best Libero * 2018: FIVB Club World Championship – Best Libero * 2021:

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

– Best Libero * 2022: FIVB Nations League – Best Libero

State awards

* 2021:

Knight of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

References

External links

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at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Grebennikov, Jenia 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Rennes French people of Russian descent French men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of France Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Volley Lube players Trentino Volley players Modena Volley players VC Zenit Saint Petersburg players Liberos 21st-century French people