Yuri Cherednik

Yuri Cherednik (Russian: Юрий Чередник, born 25 June 1966) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is 203 cm tall. Later he was part of the Russia men's national volleyball team.[1] He played for Lube Treia Italy.

Yuri Cherednik
Personal information
NicknameЮрий Чередник
NationalityRussian
Born (1966-06-25) 25 June 1966
Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Volleyball information
Number12 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
1994Lube Treia Italy
National team
1988-1991
1992
1994		 Soviet Union
 CIS
 Russia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1990 BrazilTeam
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1991 JapanTeam
World League
Bronze medal – third place1991 ItalyTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1991 GermanyTeam
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 SeattleTeam

Biography

Cherednik was born at Chişinău and debuted in 1983 for Motorist Leningrad. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.

Four years later he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. With the Soviet (or Unified Team) national team he won also a World Cup in 1991, the European Championships of 1991 and a bronze medal in the 1990 Championship.

Cherednik played in Italy from 1992 with Centromatic Prato (winning the title of MVP of Italy's A1 League that year). He subsequently played for Macerata, Bologna, Ferrara and others, before returning to Russia in 2006, where he concluded his playing career in 2007 with the Spartak St. Petersburg.

References
  1. Krastev, Todor. "Men Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 Athens (GRE) - Teams Composition. - Russia". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.


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