Vladimir Alekno
Vladimir Alekno | |||||
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![]() Alekno with Maryland Terrapins Volleyball head coach Steve Aird. | |||||
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Full name | Vladimir Romanovich Alekno | ||||
Born |
Polotsk, Vitebsk Voblast, USSR | 4 December 1966||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Headcoach | ||||
Current club | VC Zenit-Kazan | ||||
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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.
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