Yuri Koroviansky

Yuri Koroviansky (Russian: Юрий Коровянский, French: Yuriy Korovyanskyy, 30 September 1967 – 8 March 2017)[1] was a Ukrainian volleyball player who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He was 194 cm tall. He was French citizen from 2011 until his death.[4]

Yuri Koroviansky
Personal information
Full nameYuri Anatolyevich Koroviansky
NationalityFrench / Ukrainian
Born(1967-09-30)30 September 1967
Horlivka
Died8 March 2017(2017-03-08) (aged 49)
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Medal record
Volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
World Cup
1991 JapanTeam
World League
1991 ItalyTeam
European Championships
1991 GermanyTeam
Representing  Ukraine

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.[2][3] With the Soviet (or Unified Team) national team he won a World Cup in 1991, the European Championships of 1991 [5] 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[6]), Strasbourg, Halluin and he concluded his playing career in 2006 with Cambrai (in French 2nd league).

He was the head coach of youth team in Cambrai.[7]

Honours

Club

National team

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2017-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Turning the pages back... August 9, 1992 (08/04/96)". Ukrweekly.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. "Yuriy Korov'ianskiy Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. "" AUX 4 COINS DU CAMBRÉSIS ". Info - Cambrai.maville.com". Cambrai.maville.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "EuroVolley Men". Allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. "Le festival du PUC". Leparisien.fr. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.


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