Irina Kirillova
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Article ImagesIrina Vladimirovna Kirillova (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Кириллова, born 15 May 1965), also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later competing for Croatia.[2]
Irina Kirillova | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Irina Vladimirovna Parkhomchuk (Kirillova-) | ||
Born | 15 May 1965 (age 59) Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
Spike | 3.00 m (118 in) | ||
Block | 2.85 m (112 in) | ||
Volleyball information | |||
Position | Setter[1] | ||
Number | 7 | ||
National team | |||
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Honours |
In the 1990s, Kirilova played for the Croatia women's national volleyball team.[3]
At the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, she was the assistant coach to the Russia women's national volleyball team. In 2011, Kirilova became the coach of the Croatian national team,[4] but resigned the position the same year.[5]
In 2017 Kirillova was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame.[1]
As of 2017, Kirillova is living in Italy. She is married to Giovanni Caprara, an Italian volleyball coach.[6]
- Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1980–1990)
- / Mladost Zagreb (1990–1994)
- Pallavolo Sumirago (1994–1996)
- Volley Modena (1996–1997)
- Mappin/Pinheiros (1997–1998)
- Foppapedretti Bergamo (1998–1999)
- Virtus Reggio Calabria (1999–2001)
- Pallavolo Sirio Perugia (2001–2004)
- Chieri Volley (2005–2006)
- Dinamo Moscow (2008–2009)
- Asystel Volley (2009–2010)
- Uralochka-NTMK (2012–2012)[7]
- ^ a b "Irina Kirillova". volleyhall.org. International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irina Parkhomchuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
Full name: Irina Vladimirovna Parkhomchuk (-Kirillova) / Original name: Ирина Владимировна Пархомчук (-Кириллова)
- ^ Vukašinović, Ana (30 November 2010). "Uvezene medalje: Stranci koji su zbog sporta postali Hrvati". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Nova izbornica - Baračevi dogovorili: Irina Kirilova vodit će odbojkašice". Večernji list (in Croatian). 21 February 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "Fabris: Da je Kirilova ostala, sve bi bilo bitno drukčije". Novi list (in Croatian). 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Anzulović: Kirilova je bila primjer volje, sve je oko sebe činila boljima". Večernji list (in Croatian). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Profile". VolleyService.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- Irina Kirillova at LegaVolleyFemminile.it (in Italian)
- Irina Kirillova at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Irina Parkhomchuk at Olympics.com
- Irina Parkhomchuk at Olympedia
- Volleybox.net Profile