Serhiy Popov

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Serhiy Popov Volleyball (beach)
portrait
birthday August 6, 1991
place of birth Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
size 1.88 m
partner 2008–2013 Valeryy Samodai
2014 Illia Kowalow
2014–2017 Oleksii Denin
2018 Wladislaw Imjeliantschuk
since 2018 Yaroslav Hordeev
successes
2009 - Junior World Champion
2009 - Vice European Champion U20
2010 - European Championship Third U20
2011 - Junior World Champion
2012 - U23 European Champion
2013 - World Cup participant
2018 - Winner FIVB 1-Star Poreč
(As of August 11, 2019)

Serhij Serhijowytsch Popow ( Ukrainian Сергій Сергійович Попов , Russian Сергей Попов , English transcription : Sergiy Popov, born August 6, 1991 in Zaporozhye , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian beach volleyball player .

Career

Popow played in 2008 at the Youth World Cup in The Hague with Waleryj Samodai and reached 19th place. The following year the duo won the World Cup in Alanya . At the U20 European Championship in Greece in 2009, Popov / Samodai were only defeated in the final. The U20 European Championship 2010 in Catania they finished in third place. After their first joint open tournament on the FIVB World Tour in Kristiansand , they finished 17th at the U23 European Championship in Kos . At the Junior World Championships in Alanya they did not get past 25th place. A year later they managed to win the next title at the U21 World Cup in Halifax by winning the final against the Poles Kantor / Łosiak . In 2012 they took part in a Grand Slam for the first time in Berlin . Then they became European champions of the U23 in Assen by again asserting themselves against Kantor / Łosiak in the final. At the World Championships for this age group in 2013 in Mysłowice they reached 17th place. They also took part in the World Championships in Stare Jabłonki .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ukrainian Men's Team Wins Junior World Championship in Beach Volleyball. Worldwide News Ukraine, September 6, 2011, accessed June 19, 2013 .
  2. Ukraine and Germany win gold in Assen. CEV , July 21, 2012, accessed June 19, 2013 .
  3. Popov / Samoday, the confirmation of a rising star. CEV, July 21, 2012, accessed June 19, 2013 .