Vladimir Alekno

Alekno with Maryland Terrapins Volleyball head coach Steve Aird.

Personal information

Full name

Vladimir Romanovich Alekno

Born

4 December 1966
Polotsk, Vitebsk Voblast, USSR

Volleyball information

Position

Headcoach

Current club

VC Zenit-Kazan

Career

Years	Teams
2007 - present	SKA Minsk, VC CSKA Moscow, Levski, Asti, Spoleto, AS Cannes, Tours VB

Vladimir Romanovich Alekno (Russian: Владимир Романович Алекно; born in Polotsk on 4 December 1966) is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach. He is the current headcoach of VC Zenit-Kazan and Russia men's national volleyball team.

Alekno coached the national volleyball team in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012. Under his leadership, the Russian players won the gold medal in 2012 and the bronze medal in 2008 in the Summer Olympic Games. As well, they won the World League and the World Cup both in 2011.^[1]

Early life

Alekno was born on 4 December 1966, in Polotsk, Vitebsk Voblast, BSSR to a Belarusian mother and a Lithuanian father. He started playing volleyball at the age of ten. In 1980, he went to a sports college in Minsk.

References

↑ "Vladimir Alekno appointed as the head coach of the Russia men's team". Russian Volley. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

Russia – 2008 Summer Olympics (Bronze Medal)

1 Korneev 2 Poltavskiy 3 Kosarev 6 Grankin 8 Tetyukhin 9 Khamuttskikh (C) 10 Berezhko 13 Ostapenko 15 Volkov 16 Verbov 17 Mikhaylov 18 Kuleshov Coach: Alekno

Russia – 2012 Summer Olympics (Gold Medal)

3 Apalikov 4 Khtey (C) 5 Grankin 8 Tetyukhin 9 Sokolov 10 Berezhko 12 Butko 13 Muserskiy 15 Ilinikh 17 Mikhaylov 18 Volkov 20 Obmochaev Coach: Alekno

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