Alekno Vladimir Romanovich

ALEKNO VLADIMIR ROMANOVICH

By Gorlova Elena

8-th Form, School № 1, Topchikha

ALEKNO VLADIMIR ROMANOVICH - SOVIET AND RUSSIAN VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, A VOLLEYBALL COACH; THE HEAD COACH OF KAZAN "ZENITH" AND THE RUSSIAN MEN'S TEAM.

BIOGRAPHY  HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 4, 1966 IN POLOTSK. MOTHER OF VLADIMIR ALEKNO IS BELARUSSIAN, HIS FATHER IS LITHUANIAN. HE STARTED PLAYING VOLLEYBALL IN 10 YEARS, AND IN 1980 HE ENTERED THE MINSK SPORTS SCHOOL. 

PLAYING CAREER  HE PLAYED AS CENTRE-FORWARD IN THE SKA MINSK (1984, 1988-1991), CSKA MOSCOW (1984-1987), THE BULGARIAN "LEVSKI" (1991), THE ITALIAN "ASTI" (1992-1993) AND "SPOLETO" (1993-1994) FRENCH "CANNES" (1994-1996) AND THE "TOUR" (1996-1999).  IN CSKA HE TWICE BECAME THE CHAMPION OF THE USSR (1985/86, 1986/87), WON THE USSR CUP (1985) AND EUROPEAN CUP (1985/86)

 COACHING CAREER "TOUR" IN 1999, VLADIMIR ALEKNO BECAME A COACH OF THE FRENCH "TOUR""DYNAMO" IN 2004, AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE FRENCH CLUB, ALEKNO JOINED THE SUPER LEAGUE, AND A YEAR LATER BECAME THE HEAD COACH OF "DYNAMO" AND LED THE TEAM TO VICTORY.

AWARDSFINALIST (2000) AND WINNER OF THE FRENCH CUP (2003).CHAMPION OF FRANCE (2003/04), SILVER MEDALIST FRANCE (2002/03).4-TIME CHAMPION OF RUSSIA (2005/06 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11), SILVER MEDALIST RUSSIA (2006/07).2-TIME WINNER OF THE CUP OF RUSSIA (2005/06, 2009), A FINALIST OF THE CUP OF RUSSIA (2005, 2007), RUSSIAN SUPER CUP (2010).

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALIST (2010/11).BRONZE WINNER OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2003/04, 2006/07) AND THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP (2009).AGAINST RUSSIA: THE WINNER OF THE WORLD LEAGUE IN 2011, SILVER MEDALIST OF THE WORLD LEAGUE-2007, THE 2007 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, WORLD CUP 2007, THE BRONZE MEDALIST OF THE WORLD LEAGUE 2008 AND 2008 OLYMPICS.