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Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French professional volleyball player of Russian descent who plays as a libero for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the France national team. Grebennikov won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and is the 2015 European Champion.[1]

Personal life

Jenia Grebennikov was born in Rennes, France. His father Boris Grebennikov is a former Soviet and Kazakh volleyball player and coach. He married his longtime girlfriend Wiem on 31 December 2018.[2]

Career

Clubs

In April 2015, he signed a contract with the Italian team, Cucine Lube Civitanova.[3]

National team

Jenia Grebennikov debuted on the French national team in 2011. In 2014 he played at the World Championship 2014 held in Poland.[4] France lost the match for the bronze medal with Germany and took 4th place.[5] Grebennikov received an individual award for the Best Libero of the tournament.[6] On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including Grebennikov, achieved the title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[7] He was awarded Best Libero of the championships.

Honours

Club

  • Domestic
    • 2011–12 French Cup, with Rennes Volley 35
    • 2013–14 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
    • 2014–15 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
    • 2014–15 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
    • 2016–17 Italian Cup, with Cucine Lube Civitanova
    • 2016–17 Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Individual awards

State awards

References

  1. ^ "Player – Jenia Grebennikov". FIVB. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Jenia Grebennikov Is NOW MARRIED!!!". www.volleywood.net. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. ^ Jenia Grebennikov, Lube Treia ile anlaştı - voleybolextra.com - 24-04-2015
  4. ^ France - team profile - fivb.org
  5. ^ Germany take home the bronze medal - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  6. ^ Poland in dreamland and in Dream Team - fivb.org - 21-09-2014
  7. ^ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver - cev.lu - 18-10-2015

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Awards
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World Championship
2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
CEV European Championship
2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
CEV Champions League
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018 		Succeeded by
Not awarded
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB World League
2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB Club World Championship
2017
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB Nations League
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Libero of
Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by Best Libero of
FIVB Nations League
2022 		Succeeded by
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