Roman Yakovlev

Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev (Russian: Роман Николаевич Яковлев, born 13 August 1976) is a Russian former volleyball player. Yakovlev played for the Russia men's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He led Russia to the gold medal at the 1999 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and was named the MVP of the tournament. Two years later he won the Volleyball World League (2002) with Russia.

Roman Yakovlev
Personal information
Full name	Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1976-08-13) 13 August 1976 Kharkiv, Ukraine, USSR
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Spike	344 cm (135 in)
Block	332 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2005 2005–2008 2008–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014 2015 Belogorie-Dinamo Belgorod Volley Forlì Daytona Modena Iskra Odintsovo Fakel Novy Urengoy Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Krasnodar Iskra Odintsovo Zenit Kazan Ural Ufa NOVA Novokuybyshevsk
National team
1998–2003, 2011 Russia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 2002 Argentina World Cup 1999 Japan 2011 Japan World League 2002 Belo Horizonte 1998 Milan 2000 Rotterdam 2001 Katowice European Championship 1999 Austria 2001 Czech Republic 2003 Germany

Individual awards

• 1999 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2000 Serie A1 League MVP

References

• "Roman Iakovlev". FIVB.org. International Volleyball Federation.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roman Yakovlev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Full name: Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev / Original name: Роман Николаевич Яковлев

External links

• Roman Yakovlev at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Roman Yakovlev at Olympics.com
• Roman Yakovlev at Olympedia