Yury Panchenko
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| Full name | Yuriy Petrovych Panchenko | ||
| Nickname | Юрій Петрович Панченко | ||
| Nationality | Russian, Ukrainian | ||
| Born | February 5, 1959 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
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| Position | Opposite | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
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Yuriy Petrovych Panchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Петрович Панченко, born 5 February 1959) is a Ukrainian-born Russian coach and former volleyball player[1] who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[2]
Career
[edit]Born in Kiev, Panchenko debuted for Lokomotiv Kiev and, aged twenty, he moved to Soviet Union's most renowned team, VC CSKA Moscow: with this team he won nine Soviet championships, three Soviet Cups, six European Champions Cups (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989),[2] and two European Supercups (1987 and 1988). In 1980, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He also won the world title in Argentina in 1982.
Eight years later, Panchenko won the silver medal with the Soviet team in the 1988 Olympic tournament. In 1989, he was the first Soviet military allowed to play in a foreign country, when he moved to Conad Ravenna in Italy. The following year Panchenko moved to Moka Rica Forlì, where he remained until ending his career in 1994.
References
[edit]- ^ Anderson, Bruce (10 October 1988). "West Bests East". Sports Illustrated. New York City: Time. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Yury Panchenko". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Yury Panchenko at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Yury Panchenko at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net profile
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kyiv
- Ukrainian men's volleyball players
- Soviet men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
- Friendship Games medalists in volleyball