The Most Famous
VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Belarus
This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 199 Volleyball Players, 1 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 20th most number of Volleyball Players behind Latvia, and Czechia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vladimir Alekno (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 42.29, Vladimir Alekno is the most famous Belarusian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Vladimir Romanovich Alekno (Russian: Владимир Романович Алекно; born in Polotsk on 4 December 1966) is a former Russian volleyball player and current volleyball coach. Alekno's volleyball career started in 1984 in the SKA Minsk. Alekno coached the Russian national volleyball team in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012. Under his leadership, the Russian players won the gold medal in 2012 and the bronze medal in 2008 at the Summer Olympic Games. Also, they won the World League and the World Cup, both times in 2011. In 2020, Alekno was announced as head coach of the Iran national volleyball team. He publicly supported Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for participation in supplying one of the Russian army units. Vladimir Alekno was brought to the Ukrainian Mirotvorets list as an accomplice in the crimes of the Russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens.
2. Egor Kliuka (b. 1995)
With an HPI of 0.00, Egor Kliuka is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Volleyball Player. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Egor Vasilyevich Kliuka (Russian: Егор Васильевич Клюка, lit. 'ɪ̯ɪˈɡor ˈklʲukə') (born 15 June 1995) is a Russian volleyball player of Belarusian descent. He is part of the Russia men's national volleyball team. He competed at the 2015 European Championship. On club level, he plays for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Belarusian volleyball players born between 1966 and 1995. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Belarusian volleyball players include Vladimir Alekno, and Egor Kliuka. As of April 2024, 1 new Belarusian volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Egor Kliuka.
