Volleyball - SAMMELVUO Tuomas

16 Feb 1976
Male
Head Coach

Events Entered

Discipline Event Rank
VVO Volleyball Men 2

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Arena
ROC
ROC
3
ARG
Argentina
1
Finished
Ariake Arena
USA
United States
1
ROC
ROC
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
BRA
Brazil
0
ROC
ROC
3
Finished
Finish On:  Jul 31
Ariake Arena
ROC
ROC
1
FRA
France
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
ROC
ROC
3
TUN
Tunisia
0
Finished
Ariake Arena
CAN
Canada
0
ROC
ROC
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
BRA
Brazil
1
ROC
ROC
3
Finished
Ariake Arena
FRA
France
3
ROC
ROC
2
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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He played 296 international matches for the Finland national men's team from 1993 to 2010, and was part of the side that finished fourth at the 2007 European Championship in Russia. (FIVB, 2013)

He played as a professional in Finland, France, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation and Poland. He won the Champions League with French club Tours in 2005. (lentopalloliitto.fi, 05 Jan 2013; FIVB, 2013)
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He led the Russian men's team to gold at the Nations League Final Round in 2019, as well as gold at the 2019 International Olympic Qualification Tournament. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)

He guided Russian club side Kuzbass Kemerovo to the 2018/19 Russian Super League title. (tass.com, 12 Aug 2019)

He coached Finland men's team to qualification for the 2014 World Championship in Poland, the first time in 32 years they had featured at the tournament. They finished ninth. At the 2018 edition of the tournament they placed 16th. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019; fivb.org, 11 Jan 2014)

He coached the Finnish national men's team to an eighth-place finish at the 2013 European Championship in Denmark and Poland. (FIVB, 2013)
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He was named Finnish Sports Coach of the Year at the 2014 Finland Sports Gala. (fivb.org, 11 Jan 2014)

He was named Player of the Year in Finland four times by fellow players and journalists. In 2013 he was named Sport Idol of the Year in Finland. (FIVB, 2013)
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2019
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He has served as the head coach of Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg since 2019.
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He was head coach of the Finnish national men's team from 2013 to 2019. He coached Russian club team Kuzbass Kemerovo between 2016 and 2019.
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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