Yury Panchenko

Yuriy Petrovych Panchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Петрович Панченко, born 5 February 1959) is a Ukrainian-born Russian coach and former volleyball player^[1] who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.^[2]

Yury Panchenko
Personal information
Full name	Yuriy Petrovych Panchenko
Nickname	Юрій Петрович Панченко
Nationality	Russian, Ukrainian
Born	(1959-02-05) February 5, 1959 (age 66) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Number	1
National team
1979–1988  Soviet Union
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1982 Argentina 1986 France Team World Cup 1981 Japan 1985 Japan Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Friendship Games 1984 Havana European Championship 1979 France 1981 Bulgaria 1983 East Germany 1985 Netherlands 1987 Belgium

Career

Born in Kiev, Panchenko debuted for Lokomotiv Kiev and, aged twenty, he moved to Soviet Union's most renowned team, VC CSKA Moscow: with this team he won nine Soviet championships, three Soviet Cups, six European Champions Cups (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989),^[2] and two European Supercups (1987 and 1988). In 1980, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament. He also won the world title in Argentina in 1982.

Eight years later, Panchenko won the silver medal with the Soviet team in the 1988 Olympic tournament. In 1989, he was the first Soviet military allowed to play in a foreign country, when he moved to Conad Ravenna in Italy. The following year Panchenko moved to Moka Rica Forlì, where he remained until ending his career in 1994.