Vladimir Alekno

Vladimir Alekno
Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Romanovich Alekno
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1966-12-04) December 4, 1966 Polotsk, Belarus, USSR
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Zenit Kazan \ Iran
Previous teams coached Years Teams 1999–2004 2004–2007 2007–2008 2008– 2010–2012 2015–2016 2020– Tours VB Dinamo Moscow Russia Zenit Kazan Russia Russia Iran
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Career
Years Teams 1984–1987 1987–1990 1990–1991 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1996 1996–1999 CSKA Moscow SKA Minsk Levski Sofia Voluntas Asti Marconi Spoleto AS Cannes VB Tours VB
National team
Russia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Russia World Cup 1999 Japan European Championship 1999 Austria 1993 Finland World League 1993 São Paulo 1998 Milan 1996 Rotterdam 1997 Moscow
Last updated: 28 December 2017

Vladimir Romanovich Alekno (Russian: Владимир Романович Алекно; born in Polotsk on 4 December 1966) is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach. He is the current head coach of VC Zenit-Kazan.

Alekno's volleyball career started in 1984 in the SKA Minsk. Alekno coached the Russian national volleyball team in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012. Under his leadership, the Russian players won the gold medal in 2012 and the bronze medal in 2008 in the Summer Olympic Games. Also, they won the World League and the World Cup, both times in 2011.

In 2020, Alekno was announced head coach of the Iran national volleyball team.

Early life

Alekno was born on 4 December 1966, in Polotsk, Vitebsk Voblast, BSSR to a Belarusian mother and a Lithuanian father. He started playing volleyball at the age of ten. In 1980, he went to a sports college in Minsk.

Awards

Individual

• 2013 Order of Honour
• 2019 Order of Friendship