Ruslan Olikhver

Ruslan Olikhver
Personal information
Full name	Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver
Nationality	Russian
Born	11 April 1969 (1969-04-11) (age 57) Riga, Latvia
Height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	4 (national team)
Medal record Men's volleyball Representing Soviet Union Representing  Unified Team Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney World Championship 2002 Argentina 1990 Brazil World League 2002 Brazil 1993 Brazil 1998 Italy 2000 Netherlands 1997 Russia World Cup 1991 Japan 1999 Japan 1989 Japan Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle European Championship 1991 Germany 1999 Austria 1993 Finland 2001 Czech Republic Junior World Championship 1989 Greece Junior European Championship 1988 Italy

Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver (Russian: Руслан Иосифович Олихвер; born 11 April 1969) is a Russian former volleyball player of Latvian origin who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

In 1992, Olikhver was part of the Unified Team that finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

Four years later, he finished fourth with the Russian team in the 1996 Olympic tournament. He played five matches.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Russian team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

Club Honors

• Radiotechnik Riga, Soviet Top League (1989–1992);

- Soviet Top League Bronze Medalist (2) – 1990, 1991;

- CEV Cup Finalist (1) – 1991;

• Las Daytona Modena, Italian A1 League (1993–95);

- Italian A1 League Champion (1) – 1995;

- Italian Cup Winner (2) – 1994, 1995;

- CEV Cup Winner's Cup Winner (1) – 1995;

• Report Suzano, Brazilian Superleague (1995–99);

- Brazilian Superleague Champion (1) – 1997;

- Brazilian Superleague Runner-up (2) – 1996, 1999;

- Brazilian Superleague Bronze Medalist (1) – 1998;

• TNT Alpitour Cuneo, Italian A1 League (1999-00);

- Italian Supercup Winner (1) – 1999;

- CEV Cup Winner's Cup Finalist (1) – 2000;

• MGTU-Luzhniki Moscow, Russian Super League (2001–2002);

- Russian Super League Runner-up (1) – 2002;

• Dinamo Tattransgaz Kazan, Russian Super League (2002–06);

- Russian Super League Bronze Medalist (2) – 2004, 2005;

- Russian Cup Winner (1) – 2004;

• Fakel Novy Urengoy, Russian Super League (2006–07);

- CEV Cup Winner (1) – 2007;

External links

• Ruslan Olikhver at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Ruslan Olikhver at Lega Pallavolo Serie A (in Italian)
• Ruslan Olikhver at WorldofVolley
• Ruslan Olikhver at Olympedia
• Ruslan Olikhver at InterSportStats
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruslan Olikhver". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Volleybox.net profile