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Yury Starunsky

Full name: Yury Vasilyevich Starunsky
Original name: Юрий Васильевич Старунский
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2" (189 cm)
Weight: 192 lbs (87 kg)
Born: April 17, 1945 in Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: December 24, 2010 in Moscow, Moskva, Russia
Affiliations: CSKA Moskva, Moskva (RUS)
Country: URS Soviet Union
Sport: Volleyball

Medals: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze (2 Total)

Biography

During his sporting career, Yury Starunsky played with two clubs – until 1970 with SKA Kiev and from 1970-82 with CSKA Moskva. With CSKA Moskva, Starunsky won 13 Soviet titles in a row (1970-82) and won the European Champions League five times (1973-75, 1977, 1982). Internationally, Starunsky played with the Soviet national team from 1970-76, winning Olympic silver (1976) and bronze (1972), silver at the 1974 World Championships, and was twice a European Champion (1971, 1975). After finishing his sporting career Starunsky worked as a volleyball coach, coaching the Soviet national women’s team from 1983-87 and coaching CSKA Moskva women’s team from 1983-88. From 1988 until his death, he worked as a prorector of physical education at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture. In the 1990s and 2000s he was also the head coach of the Spartak Moskva volleyball team.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Men's Volleyball Soviet Union URS 3 Bronze
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Men's Volleyball Soviet Union URS 2 Silver

Men's Volleyball

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result SW
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 3/4 1 1972-09-09 URS 3, BUL 0 3
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #2 2 1972-09-08 GDR 3, URS 1 1
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #1 1 1972-08-27 URS 3, TUN 0 3
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #5 1 1972-08-29 URS 3, KOR 0 3
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #9 1 1972-08-31 URS 3, BUL 1 3
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #11 1 1972-09-02 URS 3, TCH 0 3
1972 Summer 27 München Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group A Match #15 1 1972-09-05 URS 3, POL 2 3
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Soviet Union URS Final Round Match 1/2 2 1976-07-30 POL 3, URS 2 2
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Soviet Union URS Semi-Finals Match #1 1 1976-07-29 URS 3, CUB 0 3
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #1 1 1976-07-18 URS 3, ITA 0 3
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #3 1 1976-07-20 URS 3, BRA 0 3
1976 Summer 31 Montréal Volleyball Soviet Union URS Group B Match #7 1 1976-07-25 URS 3, JPN 0 3