Dmitri Sergejewitsch Ilyinych

Dmitri Sergejewitsch Ilyinych
portrait
Date of birth	January 31, 1987
place of birth	Adler, Soviet Union
size	2.01 m
position	Diagonal
societies
2002–2008 2008–2009 since 2009	VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje Metalloinwest Stary Oskol VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje
National team
since 2010	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012	Junior World Champion Junior European Champion Vice World Champion Juniors Russian Vice Champion World League Winner Olympic Champion
As of August 23, 2012

Dmitri Sergejewitsch Iljinych ( Russian Дмитрий Сергеевич Ильиных , English transcription: Dmitriy Sergeevich Ilinykh ; born January 31, 1987 in Adler ) is a Russian volleyball player .

Career

Ilyinykh was initially active in tennis before joining volleyball at the age of fifteen. His first association was VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje . In 2005 the diagonal attacker won the Junior World Championship with the Russian junior team. A year later, the title followed at the European Championship, in which Ilyinych was awarded as the most valuable player. In 2007 the young Russians became vice world champions. In the 2008/09 season the Libero played for Metalloinwest Stary Oskol before returning to Belgorod. In 2010 Ilyinych was the Russian runner-up with Lokomotiv. In the same year he made his debut in the senior team . In 2011 the Russians won the world league . 2012 Ilyinych became Olympic champion in London .

Web links

• Dmitri Sergejewitsch Iljinych in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)