Olympic champion, double European champion Sergei Grankin became the head coach of the Yaroslavich volleyball club, Yaroslavl Region Governor Mikhail Evraev said on the Telegram channel.
Yaroslavich finished last season as the bronze medalist of the Russian Major League Championship “A”.
— Sergei Grankin took over as head coach of the Yaroslavich volleyball club and has already held his first training session with the team. He is well known to athletes and fans. “Yaroslavich” is his native club, Sergei started his career here. He then played for Dynamo Moscow, German Berlin and worked with great coaches in Russia and Europe.
London Olympic champion, Beijing bronze medalist, Honored Master of Sports Sergei Grankin has a huge experience in playing the game, which will help him in his work as a coach. We have set ambitious goals for the team. Goal for the near future – Super League – wrote Evraev.
Grankin is 39 years old, he is the champion of Russia (2008) and Germany (2019, 2021, 2022), winner of the CEV Cup (2012, 2015, 2018).
As a member of the Russian national team, Grankin won the Olympic tournament (2012), two European Championships (2013, 2017) and two World Leagues (2011, 2013). He also won bronze at the 2008 Olympics.
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