Alexander Djachenko (beach volleyball player)

Alexander Dyachenko
portrait
birthday	October 23, 1980
place of birth	Sumy, Soviet Union
size	1.95 m
partner	2007–2009 Alexei Kulinitsch since 2009 Alexei Sidorenko
successes
2011 - Third Asian Cup
(As of June 18, 2013)

Alexander Djatschenko ( Russian Александр Дьяченко , English transcription : Alexandr Dyachenko, born October 23, 1980 in Sumy ) is a Kazakh beach volleyball player of Ukrainian origin.

Career

Dyachenko played his first open tournament on the FIVB World Tour with Alexei Kulinitsch in Saint Petersburg in 2007 and came in 13th. In 2008 Djatschenko / Kulinitsch also took part in several Grand Slams and came in ninth in Klagenfurt for the first time in the top ten. They finished seventh at the Dubai Open. In the preliminary round of the 2009 World Cup in Stavanger they won their last game against the Swiss Gabathuler / Wenger , but missed out on the next round as third in the group. Their time together ended with the subsequent Grand Slam in Moscow .

For the Grand Slam in Marseille, Dyachenko already competed with his new partner Alexei Sidorenko . In 2010, Sidorenko / Djatschenko came 17th at the Grand Slams in Moscow and Klagenfurt as well as the Åland Open. In 2011 they qualified for the World Cup in Rome . There they could only win one set and were eliminated as bottom group after the preliminary round. They later reached the top ten for the first time in Klagenfurt in ninth place. In the same year they were third in the Asian Cup. In 2012 they finished ninth four times on the World Tour. They finished the Asian Cup in fifth. So far, they have finished ninth three times in the 2013 World Tour. They are also qualified for the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki .

Web links

• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)