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Yury Berezhko

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Yury Berezhko
Personal information
Full nameYury Viktorovich Berezhko
NationalityRussian
Born (1984-01-27) 27 January 1984 (age 40)
Komsomolsk-on-Amur, USSR
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike346 cm (136 in)
Block338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubVC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2004
2001–2010
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
2014–2020
2021
2021–2022
2022–
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl
Dinamo Moscow
Casa Modena
Zenit Kazan
Dinamo Krasnodar
Dinamo Moscow
Galatasaray
Zenit Kazan
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
National team
2005–2018 Russia
Honours
Representing  Russia
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2007 Japan
World League
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdansk
Silver medal – second place 2007 Katowice
Silver medal – second place 2010 Cordoba
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kraków
Silver medal – second place 2007 Russia
European League
Gold medal – first place 2005 Russia
Last updated: 22 January 2021

Yury Viktorovich Berezhko (Russian: Юрий Викторович Бережко; born 27 January 1984) is a Russian volleyball player. He currently plays outside hitter for VC Zenit-Kazan.

He is an Olympic gold medalist (2012), bronze medalist (2008), World Cup silver medalist and a silver medalist at the 2007 European Championship in Moscow, Russia, playing with the men's national team. Berezhko won Best server Award in 2009 European Championship. He won the award of Best Spiker in that occasion. In January, 2016 Yury Berezhko resumed performances for the Russian national team, helping the Russians qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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CEV Cup

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