Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver (Russian: Руслан Иосифович Олихвер, born 11 April 1969) is a Russian former volleyball player of Latvian origin who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Full name | Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 April 1969 Riga, Latvia | (age 55)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 (national team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 1992, Olikhver was part of the Unified Team that finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.
Four years later, he finished fourth with the Russian team in the 1996 Olympic tournament. He played five matches.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Russian team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.
Club Honors
edit- Radiotechnik Riga, Soviet Top League (1989–1992);
- - Soviet Top League Bronze Medalist (2) – 1990, 1991;
- - CEV Cup Finalist (1) – 1991;
- Las Daytona Modena, Italian A1 League (1993–95);
- - Italian A1 League Champion (1) – 1995;
- - Italian Cup Winner (2) – 1994, 1995;
- - CEV Cup Winner's Cup Winner (1) – 1995;
- Report Suzano, Brazilian Superleague (1995–99);
- - Brazilian Superleague Champion (1) – 1997;
- - Brazilian Superleague Runner-up (2) – 1996, 1999;
- - Brazilian Superleague Bronze Medalist (1) – 1998;
- TNT Alpitour Cuneo, Italian A1 League (1999-00);
- - Italian Supercup Winner (1) – 1999;
- - CEV Cup Winner's Cup Finalist (1) – 2000;
- MGTU-Luzhniki Moscow, Russian Super League (2001–2002);
- - Russian Super League Runner-up (1) – 2002;
- Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan, Russian Super League (2002–06);
- - Russian Super League Bronze Medalist (2) – 2004, 2005;
- - Russian Cup Winner (1) – 2004;
- Fakel Novy Urengoy, Russian Super League (2006–07);
- - CEV Cup Winner (1) – 2007;
External links
edit- Ruslan Olikhver at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Ruslan Olikhver at WorldofVolley
- Ruslan Olikhver at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
- Ruslan Olikhver at Olympedia
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruslan Olikhver". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Volleybox.net profile