ZAYTSEV Ivan

2 Oct 1988
32
Male
2.04/6'8''
SPOLETO
 
Italy
CIVITANOVA MARCHE
 
Italy

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VVO Volleyball Men 6

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
3
CAN
Canada
2
Finished
Ariake Arena
POL
Poland
3
ITA
Italy
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
JPN
Japan
1
ITA
Italy
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
3
IRI
Islamic Rep. of Iran
1
Finished
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
3
VEN
Venezuela
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
ITA
Italy
2
ARG
Argentina
3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3Men2012London, GBR

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
4Men2010Italy
5Men2018
13Men2014Poland

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
6Men2019
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Tsar (worldofvolley.com, 17 Apr 2019; spoletosport.it, 05 May 2014)
:
Cooking, spending time with his family, playing video games, going to the beach. (gazzetta.it, 08 Apr 2020; modenavolley.it, 01 Sep 2018; Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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Athlete
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Computing
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Wife Ashling, son Sasha [2014], daughters Sienna [2018] and Nausicaa [2019]
:
English, Italian, Russian
:
Cucine Lube Civitanova [Italy] since 2021
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Gianlorenzo Blengini [club, national], ITA
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Opposite spiker (modenavolley.it, 01 Jan 2019; fivb.org, 22 Apr 2015)
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His mother Irina Pozdnyakova has represented the Soviet Union in swimming, and won silver in the 200m breaststroke at the 1966 European Championships in Utrecht, Netherlands. His father Vyacheslav represented the Soviet Union in volleyball at three Olympic Games, winning silver at both the 1976 and 1988 Games and gold at the 1980 Games in Moscow. (legavolley.it, 13 May 2014; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Mar 2020)
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He has represented Italy in beach volleyball. (sport.ilmessaggero.it, 18 Jul 2014; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Mar 2020)
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2010 for Italy Against Belarus, European Championship Qualifying in Ankara, Turkey (federvolley.it, 29 Mar 2012)
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He missed more than half of the 2014/15 domestic season due to an ankle injury he suffered at the 2014 World Championships in Poland. (si24.it, 09 Sep 2014; worldofvolley.com, 01 Mar 2015)
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SuperLega [ITA] (legavolley.it, 27 May 2021)
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He began playing volleyball at age six in St Petersburg, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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His father introduced him to the sport. (poland2014.fivb.org, 14 Jul 2014; Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (oasport.it, 28 Apr 2021)
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Winning bronze at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and silver at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (repubblica.it, 06 May 2014)
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His wife. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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He tapes his fingers before competing. (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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"Better than yesterday, worse than tomorrow." (Athlete, 24 Jul 2021)
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He was named Best Server at the 2013 European Championships in Denmark and Poland. (hannanakat.com, 2014)

He was named in the 2013 World League Dream Team as Outside Spiker. (fivb.org, 21 Jul 2013)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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