Igor Georgiyevich Kolodinsky (russian: Игорь Георгиевич Колодинский; born July 7, 1983) is a Russian male

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and a former beach volleyball player. On club level he plays for Fakel Novy Urengoy. He was born in

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, Germany, and competed for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, China in beach volleyball. In August 2008 at the ''A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA'' in

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, Kolodinsky and teammate Dmitri Barsouk won their first

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gold medal. Kolodinsky currently (per August 2008) holds the records for the fastest serve in the

history. He served at 114.0 km/h at the Italian Open presented by Abruzzo in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.

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* 1983 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Russian beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Russia VC Zenit Saint Petersburg players {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub