Jenia Grebennikov
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| Full name | Jenia Grebennikov | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
French Russian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 13, 1990 Rennes, France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 340 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |
 Cucine Lube Civitanova | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 20 October 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French volleyball player of Russian origins, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, European Champion 2015, gold medalist of the World League 2015.
Personal life
Grebennikov was born in Rennes, France. His father Boris is a former Russian volleyball player and coach.
Career
Clubs
In April 2015 he signed a contract with Italian Cucine Lube Civitanova.[1]
National team
Jenia Grebennikov debuted in French national team in 2011. In 2014 he played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland.[2] France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[3] Grebennikov received individual award for the Best Libero of the tournament.[4] On October 18, 2015 French national team, including Grebennikov, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[5] He was Best Libero of the championships.
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championships
- 2011/2012
French Cup, with Rennes Volley 35 - 2013/2014 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
- 2014/2015
German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
National team
- 2015 FIVB World League
- 2015 CEV European Championship
Individual
- 2014 FIVB World Championship - Best Libero
- 2015 CEV European Championship - Best Libero
References
- ↑ Jenia Grebennikov, Lube Treia ile anlaştı - voleybolextra.com - 24-04-2015
- ↑ France - team profile - fivb.org
- ↑ Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
- ↑ Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
- ↑ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver - cev.lu - 18-10-2015
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Preceded by Ferdinand Tille |
Best Libero of FIVB World Championship 2014 |
Succeeded by TBD |
Preceded by Aleksey Verbov |
Best Libero of CEV European Championship 2015 |
Succeeded by TBD |