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Taras Khtey

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Taras Khtey
Personal information
Full nameTaras Yurevich Khtey
NationalityUkrainian
Russian
Born (1982-05-22) May 22, 1982 (age 42)
Zabuzhzhya, Ukraine, USSR
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight0 kg (0 lb)
Spike0 cm (0 in)
Block0 cm (0 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1998–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2017
MGTU Moscow
Dinamo Moscow
Ural Ufa
Iskra Odintsovo
Belogorie Belgorod
National team
2002–2014 Russia
Honours
Representing  Russia
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Japan
World League
Gold medal – first place 2002 Belo Horizonte
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gdańsk
Silver medal – second place 2010 Cordoba
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Serbia and Montenegro/Italy
European League
Gold medal – first place 2005 Russia
Silver medal – second place 2004 Czech Republic
Last updated: 29 December 2017

Taras Yurevich Khtey (Ukrainian: Тарас Юрійович Хтей, Russian: Тарас Юрьевич Хтей, born 22 May 1982) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team.

Biography

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He was born in Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.

In 2004, he was part of the Russian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament, and, with the same team, he won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after initially trailing 0:2 to Brazil in the finals. In 2011, as a part of the national team, Khtey won the World League and the World Cup.

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