Roman Yakovlev
Appearance
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Full name | Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev | ||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||
Born | Kharkiv, Ukraine, USSR | 13 August 1976||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) | ||||
Spike | 344 cm (135 in) | ||||
Block | 332 cm (131 in) | ||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||
Number | 10 | ||||
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Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev (Russian: Роман Николаевич Яковлев, born 13 August 1976) is a Russian former volleyball player. Yakovlev played for the Russia men's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He led Russia to the gold medal at the 1999 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and was named the MVP of the tournament.[1] Two years later he won the Volleyball World League (2002) with Russia.
Individual awards
[edit]- 1999 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"
- 2000 Serie A1 League MVP
References
[edit]- ^ Lokegaonkar, Jay (5 February 2023). "History of FIVB Volleyball World Cup and winners list". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- "Roman Iakovlev". FIVB.org. International Volleyball Federation.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roman Yakovlev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Full name: Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev / Original name: Роман Николаевич Яковлев
External links
[edit]- Roman Yakovlev at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Roman Yakovlev at Olympics.com
- Roman Yakovlev at Olympedia (archive)
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Russian men's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Volleyball players from Kharkiv
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- VC Belogorie players
- Ural Ufa volleyball players
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian volleyball biography stubs