Irina Voronkova

Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (Russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова; born 20 October 1995) is a Russian female volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju,[1] the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku,[2] the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand,[3] the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4] and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Irina Voronkova
Voronkova in 2016
Personal information
Full nameIrina Andreyevna Voronkova
NationalityRussian
Born (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubLokomotiv Kaliningrad
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
2010–2011
2011–2014
2014–2016
2016–2018
2018–present		Dinamo Moscow-2
Dinamo Kazan
Zarechie Odintsovo
Dinamo Kazan
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
National team
2015–Russia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Russia
World Cup
2019 Japan

At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kazan and Zarechie Odintsovo before returning to Dinamo Kazan for a second spell in 2016.[5][6][7]

Personal life

Voronkova was born into a family of volleyball players. Her father Andrei Voronkov is a retired player and former national coach, her mother Svetlana Anatolyevna and sister Anna also played for local clubs. Her father was playing for a club in Istanbul when she was born. Her first 11 years were spent in Turkey, she is fluent in Turkish.[8][9]

Awards

Individuals

Junior

Senior

Clubs

References
  1. "Profile". VC Dinamo-Kazan. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "Profile". Baku 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "Profile". VolleyService.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. "Profile". komanda2016.ru (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. "Team Roster – Dinamo Kazan". clubworldchampionships.2014.women.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. "Ирина Воронкова: «В детстве мечтала о майке Гамовой» (From Childhood I Dreamt of the Gamova's Shirt)". www.business-gazeta.ru (in Russian). 16 April 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  9. "Волейбол — дело семейное (Volleyball Is a Family Affair". Women's Volleyball Club "Dynamo" (Moscow) (in Russian). 27 December 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
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