Yuri Cherednik (russian: Юрий Чередник, born 25 June 1966) is a

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former

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player who competed for the

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in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and for the Unified Team in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He is 203 cm tall. Later he was part of the

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. He played for Lube Treia Italy.

Biography

Cherednik was born at Chişinău and debuted in 1983 for Motorist Leningrad. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. Four years later he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. With the Soviet (or Unified Team) national team he won also a World Cup in 1991, the European Championships of 1991 and a bronze medal in the 1990 Championship. Cherednik played in Italy from 1992 with Centromatic Prato (winning the title of MVP of Italy's A1 League that year). He subsequently played for

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, Bologna, Ferrara and others, before returning to Russia in 2006, where he concluded his playing career in 2007 with the Spartak St. Petersburg.

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(archived) 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău Russian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union Olympic volleyball players for the Unified Team Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russian volleyball coaches Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Moldova-sport-bio-stub