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Irina Voronkova

Irina Voronkova
Saint-Cloud Paris Stade français - Zaretchie Odintsovo, Challenge Cup, 24 février 2016 - 08.JPG
Voronkova in 2016
Personal information
Full name Irina Andreyevna Voronkova
Nationality  Russia
Born (1995-10-20) 20 October 1995 (age 21)
Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Spike 305 cm (120 in)
Block 290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Dinamo Kazan
Number 8 (club)
16 (national team)
National team
2015– Russia
Last updated: 21 January 2017

Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (Russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова, born 20 October 1995 in Istanbul) is a Russian female volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kazan and Zarechie Odintsovo before returning to Dinamo Kazan for a second spell in 2016.

Voronkova was born in a family of volleyball players – her father Andrei Voronkov is a retired player and former national coach, her mother and sister also played for local clubs. Her father was playing for a club in Istanbul when she was born. Her first 11 years were spent in Turkey, she is fluent in Turkish.


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