Irina Voronkova
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| Irina Voronkova | |||||||||||||||
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 Voronkova in 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Irina Andreyevna Voronkova | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 20, 1995 Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 300 cm (118 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||
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Irina Andreyevna Voronkova (Russian: Ирина Андреевна Воронкова; born 20 October 1995) is a Russian professional 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,[1] the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku,[2] the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand,[3] the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[4] and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Kazan and Zarechie Odintsovo before returning to Dinamo Kazan for a second spell in 2016.[5][6][7]
Iriana Voronkova was born into a family of volleyball players. Her father Andrei Voronkov is a retired player and former national coach, her mother Svetlana Anatolyevna and sister Anna also played for local clubs. Her father was playing for a club in Istanbul when she was born there. Her first 11 years were spent in Turkey. She is fluent in Turkish.[8][9]
