Jenia Grebennikov

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Jenia Grebennikov
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Personal information
NationalityFrance French
Born (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 (age 31)
Rennes, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubRussia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number10
Career
YearsTeams
2008–2013
2013–2015
2015–2018
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–
France Rennes Volley 35
Germany VfB Friedrichshafen
Italy Volley Lube
Italy Trentino Volley
Italy Modena Volley
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
National team
2011– France

Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian descent, member of the France men's national volleyball team and Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015, 2017).[1]

Personal life[]

Jenia Grebennikov was born in Rennes, France. His father Boris Grebennikov is a former Soviet and Kazakh volleyball player and coach. He married his long-time girlfriend Wiem on 31 December 2018.[2]

Career[]

Clubs[]

In April 2015 he signed a contract with Italian Cucine Lube Civitanova.[3]

National team[]

Jenia Grebennikov debuted on the French national team in 2011. In 2014 he played at the World Championship 2014 held in Poland.[4] France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[5] Grebennikov received an individual award for the Best Libero of the tournament.[6] On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including Grebennikov, achieved the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[7] He was awarded Best Libero of the championships.

Sporting achievements[]

Clubs[]

Individual awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player – Jenia Grebennikov". FIVB. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Jenia Grebennikov Is NOW MARRIED!!!". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. ^ Jenia Grebennikov, Lube Treia ile anlaştı - voleybolextra.com - 24-04-2015
  4. ^ France - team profile - fivb.org
  5. ^ Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  6. ^ Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  7. ^ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver - cev.lu - 18-10-2015

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World Championship

2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
CEV European Championship

2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
CEV Champions League

2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
Succeeded by
Not awarded
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World League

2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB Club World Championship

2017
2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by
First Award
Best Libero of
FIVB Nations League

2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
Olympic Games

Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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