Dmitry Fomin

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Dmitry Fomin or Dmitri Fomine (Russian: Дмитрий Фомин; born 21 January 1968) is a Russian former volleyball player. He was part of the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in Brazil.[1] He was part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the Russian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2][3]

Dmitry Fomin
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1968-01-21) 21 January 1968 (age 56)
Sevastopol, Ukraine
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Number8 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
1989–1992
1992–1996
1996–2002
2002–2003
2003–2006
CSKA Moskva
Porto Ravenna Volley
Volley Treviso
Toray Arrows
Zenit Kazan
National team
1989–1991
1992
1993–1998
 Soviet Union
 CIS
 Russia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Soviet Union
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Brazil Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 Japan
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Seattle
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1991 Germany
Men's volleyball
Representing  Russia
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Finland

While representing the Soviet Union, Fomin won a gold medal and the MVP award at the 1991 FIVB World Cup in Japan.[4] Fomin also competed at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Greece while representing Russia.[5] He then won the MVP award at the 1995 FIVB World League in Brazil while playing with Russia.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Dmitry Fomin". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dmitry Fomin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ Bondy, Filip (6 August 1992). "Barcelona: Volleyball; Hush Comes Over the Court As U.S. Squad Moves On". The New York Times. p. B14. Retrieved 12 October 2023. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Lokegaonkar, Jay (5 February 2023). "History of FIVB Volleyball World Cup and winners list". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  5. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 Athens (GRE) – Teams Composition. – Russia". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Individual awards". Volleybox.net. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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