Volodymyr (Vladimir) Titarenko (born 4 May 1978) is a Ukrainian volleyball player and member of Ukraine men's national volleyball team in 2001–2009.

Volodymyr Titarenko
Personal information
Full nameVolodymyr Oleksandrovych Titarenko
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1978-05-04) 4 May 1978 (age 46)
Alchevsk, Soviet Union
Height2.02 m (6 ft 7+12 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Career
YearsTeams
1996–1999
1999–2000
2000–2005
2005–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2013
VC Dynamo Luhansk
Dorozhnyk-SKA Odesa
VC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
Portol Son Amar Palma
VC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
VC Dynamo Moscow
VC Tyumen
National team
2001–2009Ukraine

Career edit

Volodymyr Titarenko started his career in the Ukrainian Volleyball Superleague in 1996. He played for VC Dynamo Luhansk for four seasons. With this team he became Vice-champion of Ukraine.[1]

The next season (1999-2000) Titarenko played for Dorozhnyk-SKA Odesa and had Vice-champion status for the second time.

In 2000 he signed a contract with VC Lokomotyv Kharkiv. In 2004 he won the CEV Top Teams Cup.[2]

In Spain Volodymyr Titarenko was playing in Superliga for Portol Son Amar Palma for two years. At that time he won the Superliga, Supercopa, Copa del Rey and became Vice-champion of CEV Top Teams Cup.[3]

After playing in the Spanish league he returned to Lokomotyv Kharkiv and won Ukrainian Volleyball Cup in season 2007-08[1]

Titarenko has been playing in Russian Volleyball Super League: VC Dynamo Moscow and VC Tyumen since 2008.[4][5][6] In 2009 he was selected to theAll-Star Team of Russian Volleyball Super League. He continued his career as a professional volleyball player until 2013.[7]

Volodymyr Titarenko currently lives in Texas, USA and works as a volleyball coach.[8]

National team edit

He debuted with the Ukraine men's national volleyball team in 2001. He was a participant of the European Volleyball Championship 2005.[9]

With Ukraine national under-19 team Volodymyr Titarenko participated in:

With Ukraine national under-21 team Volodymyr Titarenko participated[10] in:

With Ukraine national volleyball team Volodymyr Titarenko participated:

Honours and achievements edit

Club edit

VC Dynamo Luhansk

Dorozhnyk-SKA Odesa

Lokomotyv Kharkiv

Portol Son Amar Palma

VC Dynamo Moscow

  •   Russian Volleyball Cup: 2008

Individual edit

  • Ukrainian Volleyball Super League Best Blocker: 2003-04
  • Superliga de Voleibol Masculina Best Blocker: 2005-06
  • Honored badge of merit of Kharkiv Regional Council "Slobozhanskaya Glory" (Ukrainian: Почесна відзнака Харківської обласної ради «Слобожанська слава»): 2004
  • Badge of honour "Railway glory" third degree (Ukrainian: Знак «Залізнична слава» ІІІ ступеня): 2004[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Александр Ланевский (2007-12-22). "Из дальних странствий возвратясь…". sport.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  2. ^ Александр Ланевский (2014-03-18). "Эксклюзив. «Локомотив-2004» или десять лет спустя". loko.in.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. ^ Beppe Pozzoli (2006-03-12). "Successo in Top Teams Cup". legavolley.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  4. ^ "Волейбол: Титаренко официально стал игроком "Динамо"". news.sportbox.ru. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  5. ^ "Титаренко официально стал игроком "Динамо"". championat.com. 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  6. ^ "Титаренко – в "Тюмени"". sport-express.ru. 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  7. ^ "Биография". volleyservice.ru. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  8. ^ "Coach Story". texasonevolleyball.org. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  9. ^ Сергей Косевик (2005-09-02). "Мужская сборная Украины начинает свой путь к пьедесталу". sport.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  10. ^ Ермаков С.С. "80 років волейболу україни" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  11. ^ Match result
  12. ^ "ХАРЬКОВСКИЙ "ЛОКОМОТИВ" ПОЛУЧИЛ НАГРАДЫ "УКРЗАЛIЗНИЦI"". sq.com.ua. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

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