Sergey Tetyukhin

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Sergey Tetyukhin

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Name: Sergey Tetyukhin.
Date of Birth: 23 September 1975.
Age: 41year.
Place of Birth: Margilan, Uzbekistan.
Height: 197.
Activities: volleyball, Honored Master of
Sports of Russia.
Marital status: Married.
Position: Spiker.
Club: Belogorye (Belgorod).
Nickname: Tyutik.

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Every sport has its own legend. The Russian volleyball is Sergey Tetyukhin. He - the only
volleyball player, who in an active four Olympic medals. And Tetyukhin is 10-times champion
of Russia, and 2-time winner of the World Cup.
Sergey Tetyukhin said that he had two birthdays. He was born September 23, 1975, in the
registry office but something confused and pointed out on the birth certificate on 23 October.
The result was a run-up in a month.
Childhood Sergei took place in Uzbekistan. There he started practicing volleyball. Sergey
Tetyukhin first coach was his father. In the early 90s the situation in Uzbekistan is tense ethnic conflict broke out. The family then decided to move to Russia. Chose Belgorod, where
he began a professional volleyball career Tetyukhin.

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In 1992, Sergei came to the team "Belgorod". He is training and racing data impressed coach - Tetyukhin
had a phenomenal coordination and knew how to play from any position. Team, he became spikers.
The first win came three years later when "Belgorod" won the Cup of Russia in 1995. In the following three
seasons Sergey Tetyukhin became the winner of Russian championships, and in 1999 became the best
volleyball players of the season and was awarded the title "Honored Master of Sports." In the same year he
received an offer from an Italian club "Parma" (then it was a team second division). Two volleyball season
playing for this club and managed to bring it to the 5th place of the regular season.
Then Tetyukhin returned to Belgorod and many times champion of Russia, won other prestigious
championships. In the period 2006-2010 the athlete played for Kazan "Zenith", but in 2011 returned to his
native "Belgorod". During the volleyball team of Russia Sergey Tetyukhin played 307 games. He first made
a part of the main team in 19 years, and 21 years for the adult national team played in the match against
the Japanese. The Russians won. In 2002 and 2009 he took a break, but in 2011 he returned to the sport.
Tetyukhin was 36 years old when he went with the team to play the World Cup and won the gold contrary to
the predictions of sports commentators.

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Perhaps there is in this kind of supreme justice. It is hard to imagine another Russian
athlete who deserved to win at these Olympics more than him. But Sergei participate in
this competition was in question. In spring 2012, doctors diagnosed him with heart
rhythm disturbances, and only a month before the start of the competition allowed to
resume training. But Sergey Tetyukhin would not be you if you would have missed the
chance. He went to the Olympics and he won with the team, together with the fans.
At its fifth Olympics 36-year-old Sergey Tetyukhin, already a three-time winner of the
Olympic Games, was one of the most consistent players of the Russian team on the pitch
and the reception. The key preliminary stage match against the US team scored 21

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The finale was formed with the Brazilians failed. The first two games the team lost, and the third was, as they
say, in the balance. And then it goes on feeding Sergey Tetyukhin. He performed a miracle, he helped the
team turn the tide of the emerging unsuccessful match and eventually win. After the London Olympics finals
Sergey Tetyukhin announced the completion of playing for the national team. For 16 seasons Sergey
Tetyukhin held 293 official matches as part of the Russian team, they scored 2,298 points and won back 514
innings. This record-breaking performance.
Being versatile volleyball players, Sergey Tetyukhin equally strong effect in virtually all elements of the game
- in the attack, at the reception, in the defense, in the decisive moments of the match can change the game
situation for the benefit of his team's strong serving and effective unit, is really "team" player , a fighter on
the court, which embodies the confidence, calmness, professionalism and knows how to convey this state of
his teammates. He enjoyed great respect among the fans, regardless of their club affiliation. In a word - a
legend!

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Athlete married and happily married. With future wife Natalie, he met at the
gym, when played for the institute team in the volleyball championship of the
city. Attention Sergey Tetyukhin attracted not a girl, and her sarcastic
comments about his game. When a closer look revealed that Natalia she plays
volleyball, so has the right to comment on it.
Sergei says that at that moment he realized that without her mathematical
assessments of his game will not be able to live. Soon after they were
married. The family Tetyukhin grow three sons, the elder is already playing
for the volleyball team "Belgorod-2." Now Natalia and Sergey dreaming about
her daughter.

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LONDON 2012 men’s team 12.08.2012
SYDNEY 2000 men’s team 01.10.2000
ATHENS 2004 men’s team 29.08.2004
BEIJING 2008 men’s team 24.08.2008

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