KLIUKA Egor

General
OFF-HAND HITTER
Despite his left hand being his dominant hand, he uses his right hand to attack when playing volleyball. "I am left-handed. As a child, they tried to retrain me, but my parents intervened. Now I do everything with my left hand. When I was engaged in fencing, I also held an epee with my left hand. But in volleyball I attack with the right hand. I don't even know why it happened." (sport-express.ru, 16 Jul 2019)

SPORT AS HOBBY
He considers volleyball more of a well-paid hobby than an occupation. "I do not think that sport is a profession as such. On the one hand, due to volleyball I support myself, my family. But I regard this more as a hobby that I like very much and that brings income. People in the army, doctors, and teachers are doing a really important job. We are athletes. It is like a gift. We get good money just for hitting the ball. Yes, we try to do it beautifully so that the fans like it. Sport is also hard but I try to look at things as they are." (sport-express.ru, 16 Jul 2019)

FROM BELARUS TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Born in Kobryn, Belarus, he played the first two seasons of his career at national level in Belarus. In 2012 he relocated to the Russian Federation to play in the Super League and switched nationalities to the Russian Federation so he would not be considered a foreign player in the Russian league. "It's true, in the process I had to change citizenship in order not to be considered a foreigner in the Russian championship." (nn.by, 10 Dec 2019; vtbrussia.ru, 24 Sep 2019)