Yuri Anatolievich Kuznetsov (born 1955 ) - Soviet volleyball player , player of the USSR national team (1979-1981). Winner of the 1981 World Cup , two - time European champion . Binder. International Master of Sports (1979).
 Yuri Anatolyevich Kuznetsov | ||
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| Gold | Japan 1981 | ||
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| Gold | France 1979 | ||
| Gold | Bulgaria 1981 | ||
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Volleyball started in Leningrad . He played for the team: 1975-1983 - Avtomobilist ( Leningrad ), 1983-1989 - Dynamo (Leningrad). Seven-time silver medalist of the USSR championships (1976-1982), bronze medalist of the USSR championship in 1975, two-time winner of the Cup of European Cup Winners (1981, 1982). Silver medalist of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR 1975 in the national team of Leningrad .
In the USSR national team in official competitions he performed in 1979-1981. It includes: winner of the 1981 World Cup , two - time European champion ( 1979 , 1981 ).
Since 1989, he played in Sweden for the Kungelv team. Three - time champion of Sweden (1990-1993). The best player of the championship of Sweden 1996/1997.
After the end of his playing career, he worked as a trainer in trade union teams. He currently lives in Sweden, where he was also on coaching.
Sources and links
- Volleyball. Encyclopedia / Comp. V.L. Sviridov, O.S. Chekhov. Tomsk: Yanson Company - 2001.
- Biography of Y. Kuznetsov on the volleyball site of St. Petersburg