Beach Volleyball - Team Leshukov/Semenov

General
Ilya Leshukov and Konstantin Semenov joined forces in late 2017. The younger partner by six years, Leshukov will make his Olympic debut in Tokyo, while Semenov is contesting his third Games.

Semenov and former partner Viacheslav Krasilnikov narrowly missed out on the podium in 2016 in Rio. Their tight semifinal defeat against eventual silver medallists Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai of Italy was followed by a loss to Dutch team Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in the bronze medal match. At London 2012 Semenov played with Sergey Prokopyev, and was eliminated in the round of 16.

They were eliminated after the round of 16 at their first world championships together in 2019, while the same year they claimed silver at the European championships, defeated by Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum in the final.