Irina Voronkova | |||
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Voronkova in 2016
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Irina Andreyevna Voronkova | ||
Nationality | Russia | ||
Born |
Istanbul, Turkey |
20 October 1995 ||
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) |
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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.