Sergey Yuryevich Grankin (russian: Сергей Юрьевич Гранкин; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian

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player, a former member of the Russian national team. 2012 Olympic Champion, two–time European Champion (

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), and a multiple World League medallist. At the professional club level, he plays for

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Career

Sergey Grankin started playing volleyball at the age of 7. Sergey Grankin captained the Youth team of Russia at the victorious European Championship in 2004 in Croatia, and the 2005 World Championships in India, where he first confidently made himself known. Mostly due to the mood of their captain, the Russians won the final match over

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in the first set when the score was 23:16 in favor of their rivals, the Russian scored 7 points in a row with Grankin serving , pulled out a losing set and broke down the Brazilians who lost the following two sets. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

where Russia claimed the bronze medal and at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

where Russia won the gold. He married his fiance Bruna de Araujo on 19 August 2012. At the 2013 European Volleyball Championship - where Russia won the gold medal and was awarded as the best

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of the tournament.

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 t ...

2009/2010 – with Dynamo Moscow *

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 ...

2011/2012 – with Dynamo Moscow ** Simple gold cup

2014/2015 – with Dynamo Moscow ** Simple gold cup

2017/2018 – with Belogorie Belgorod * National championships ** 2006/2007 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2007/2008 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2008/2009 Simple gold cup

Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2008/2009 Simple gold cup

Russian Cup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Russian SuperCup, with Dynamo Moscow ** 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

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** 2019/2020 Simple gold cup

German SuperCup, with

** 2019/2020 Simple gold cup

German Cup, with

** 2020/2021 Simple gold cup

German SuperCup, with

** 2020/2021 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

** 2021/2022 Simple gold cup

German SuperCup, with

** 2021/2022 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

Individual awards

* 2003: CEV U19 European Championship – Best Setter * 2010:

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 Setter * 2013: CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 2017: CEV European Championship – Best Setter

References

Profile Rsv
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External links

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Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Grankin, Sergey 1985 births Living people People from Yessentuki Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai Russian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Russian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate volleyball players in Germany VC Belogorie players Setters (volleyball)