Yuri Koroviansky

Yuri Koroviansky

Personal information
Full name	Yuri Anatolyevich Koroviansky
Nationality	French / Ukrainian
Born	(1967-09-30) 30 September 1967 Horlivka
Residence	France
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Medal record Volleyball Representing  Soviet Union World Cup 1991 Japan Team World League 1991 Italy Team European Championships 1991 Germany Team Representing  Ukraine

Yuri Koroviansky (Russian: Юрий Коровянский, French: Yuriy Korovyanskyy, born 30 September 1967) is a Ukrainian former volleyball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] He is 194 cm tall. He is French citizen since 2011.^[3]

Biography

Koroviansky was born at Horlivka and debuted in 1984 for VC Shakhtar Donetsk. He finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament.^[4][5] With the Soviet (or Unified Team) national team he won a World Cup in 1991, the European Championships of 1991 ^[6] and a bronze medal in the 1991 World League.

Koroviansky played in Greece from 1993 with AO Orestiada (Runner-up of the Greek championship and finished 4th in the CEV Cup final four). After one year in Greece, he signed in Cyprus for Paphiakos Paphos. He subsequently played in France with Tourcoing, Tours, Paris (won the French championship in 1997^[7]), Strasbourg, Halluin and he concluded his playing career in 2006 with Cambrai (in French 2nd league).

He is the current headcoach of youth team in Cambrai.^[8]

Honours

Club

• 1 Soviet Championship (1992)
• 1 Ukrainian Championship (1993)
• 1 French Championship (1998)

National team

• 1 World Cup (1991)
• 1 European Championship (1991)

External links

• profile