Vladimir Alekno

Vladimir Alekno
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 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.

In 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, he coached Russia to win the bronze and the gold medal respectively.[1]

References

  1. "Alenko humbled by Russian victory". ESPNSTAR.com. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.