Igor Georgiyevich Kolodinsky (Russian: Игорь Георгиевич Колодинский; born July 7, 1983) is a Russian male volleyball player and a former beach volleyball player. On club level he plays for Fakel Novy Urengoy.[1]

Igor Kolodinsky
Kolodinsky in 2017
Personal information
Nationality Russia
Born (1983-07-07) July 7, 1983 (age 40)
Magdeburg, Germany
Height198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Beach volleyball information
Teammate Tours (points)
Leonid Kalinine
Stanislav Eremin
Dmitry Karasev
Dmitri Barsouk
7 (379)
2 (16)
1 (20)
Honours
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Gstaad Beach
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Hamburg Beach
World Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Roseto degli Abruzzi Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Zagreb Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Marseille Beach
Silver medal – second place 2007 St. Petersburg Beach
Silver medal – second place 2008 Barcelona Beach
Gold medal – first place 2008 Klagenfurt Beach

He was born in Magdeburg, Germany, and competed for Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in beach volleyball.

In August 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt, Austria, Kolodinsky and teammate Dmitri Barsouk won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour gold medal.

Kolodinsky currently (per August 2008) holds the records for the fastest serve in the Swatch FIVB World Tour history. He served at 114.0 km/h at the Italian Open presented by Abruzzo in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.

References edit

  1. ^ "Players – Igor Kolodinsky". FIVB. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

External links edit

Awards
Preceded by
  Iver Horrem (NOR)
Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Best Server"
2007–2010
Succeeded by
  Eric Koreng (GER)
Preceded by
  Sean Rosenthal (USA)
Men's FIVB World Tour "Top Rookie"
2007
Succeeded by