Irina Voronkova | |
Fullname: | Irina Andreyevna Voronkova |
Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 20 October 1995 |
Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Height: | 190 cm |
Weight: | 84 kg |
Spike: | 305 cm |
Block: | 290 cm |
Position: | Outside hitter |
Currentclub: | Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
Currentnumber: | 8 |
Years: | 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2014 2014 - 2016 2016 - 2018 2018 - 2022 2022 - present |
Teams: | Dinamo Moscow-2 Dinamo Kazan Zarechie Odintsovo Dinamo Kazan Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Eczacıbaşı Dynavit |
Nationalyears: | 2015 - |
Nationalteam: | Russia |
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]