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Sergei Tetyuhin

Russian volleyball player, winner of four Olympic medals, the champion of Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. He is 1.97 m tall, and plays as passer-attacker.

Brief Information

Sergei Tetyuhin was born 23 October 1975 in the Ferghana region. He played for the youth team of Uzbekistan and Tashkent "Dynamo", which coached by his father, Yuri Ivanovich. In 1992, due to the lack of serious prospects for the growth of the player in the country, Tetyuhin family decided to move to Russia. Together with another disciple of George Tetyukhin, Andrew Borozintsom, Sergey went to "Belogorie."

Club careerIn 1995 he won a Tetyuhin Belgorod "Locomotive" his first title - the Cup of Russia in 1997 and 1998, became the champion of the country, and in 1999 was first named the most valuable player of the championship, winning the prize Andrey Kuznetsov. In the period from 2003 to 2006, together with the "locomotive Belogorie" won three championships and two Russian Cup in 2003, was named the most valuable player of the "Final Four" of the Champions League, which ended the first ever victory for the Russian club, and the second time in his career won the prize Andrey Kuznetsov.

Sport achievements

Olympic champion XXX Olympic Games in London (2012).Silver medalist XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney (2000).

Bronze medalist at the XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens (2004).Bronze medalist of the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing (2008).

World Championship silver medalist (2002).Silver medalist at the European Championships (1999, 2005, 2007),

bronze medalist of the European championships (2001, 2003).World Cup winner (1999, 2011), silver medalist of the World Cup

(2007).The winner of the World League (2002), silver (1998, 2000) and

bronze (1996, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009) winner of the World League.

Silver medalist at the Euroleague (2004).

Sergei with his wife, Nataly.

Family

Sergei Tetyuhin - the first in the men's volleyball winner of four Olympic medals, including gold.

Sergei Tetyuhin is the only member of the five Olympic tournaments in the Russian team.

Interesting Facts

http://ru.wikipedia.org http://www.olympic-champions.ru

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