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Aleksandr Savin
Savin in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1957-07-01) 1 July 1957 (age 67) Taganrog, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	3
National team
1975–1986  Soviet Union
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team 1976 Montreal Team World Championship 1978 Italy 1982 Argentina 1986 France Team FIVB World Cup 1977 Japan 1981 Japan Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Friendship Games 1984 Havana European Championship 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Finland 1979 France 1981 Bulgaria 1983 East Germany 1985 Netherlands European Junior Championship 1975 West Germany Under-20

Aleksandr Borisovich Savin (Russian: Александр Борисович Савин; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Early life and education

Savin was born in Taganrog. As a child, he moved with his parents in the city of Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast. He studied at the high school №6 Obninsk. As a student in Obninsk, he began playing volleyball. He played club volleyball in 1967 for Obninsk Youth (in 2004 it was renamed Sports School, which bears Savin's name). His first coach was Vladimir Pitanov (1946–2016).

Career

In 1976, Savin was part of the Soviet team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches. Four years later, he won the gold medal with the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches.

Savin was a major part of the Soviet Union men's national volleyball team's success in the late 1970s to early 1980s by winning gold medals at the 1977 FIVB World Cup, 1978 FIVB World Championship, 1980 Olympic Games, 1981 FIVB World Cup, and 1982 FIVB World Championship.

Recognition

Awarded Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1976), Order of Friendship of Peoples (1985), Order of the Badge of Honour (1980).

On October 22, 2010, Savin was admitted to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame (Holyoke, United States).

References

1. "Портал органов власти Калужской области". Admoblkaluga.ru (in Russian). 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
2. "Бессменный директор волейбольной школы подал в отставку!". Pressaobninsk.ru (in Russian). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
3. "Ушёл из жизни Владимир Питанов". Volley.ru (in Russian). Всероссийская федерация волейбола. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
4. "Aleksandr Savin". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
5. "Aleksandr Savin". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
6. "Player tournaments". Volleybox.net. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
7. ^ "Aleksandr Savin". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
8. "На высокой орбите". NEWSreda (in Russian). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
9. "Алесандр Савин принят в 'Зал славы волейбола'". Volley.ru (in Russian). 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

External links

• International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
• Aleksandr Borisovich Savin at Olympedia
• Aleksandr Savin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

v t e Soviet Union men's volleyball squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
Vladimir Chernyshyov Yefim Chulak Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Oleg Moliboga Anatoliy Polishchuk Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Yuri Starunsky Vladimir Ulanov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Yuri Chesnokov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1977 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup – Gold medal
Fedor Burchukov Vladimir Chernyshyov Vladimir Dorokhov Vladimir Kondra Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Anatoliy Polishchuk Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Ulanov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1978 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal
Vladimir Chernyshyov Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Valeriy Kryvov Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Anatoliy Polishchuk Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union men's volleyball squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Vladimir Chernyshyov Vladimir Dorokhov Aleksandr Ermilov Vladimir Kondra Valeriy Kryvov Fedir Lashchonov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1981 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup – Gold medal
Vladimir Dorokhov Vladimir Kondra Yury Kuznetsov Viljar Loor Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Sapega Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Shkurikhin Pavel Voronkov Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1982 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Gold medal
Vladimir Dorokhov Sergey Gribov Viljar Loor Valery Losev Oleg Moliboga Yury Panchenko Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Shkurikhin Oleg Smugilev Oleksandr Sorokalet Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Viacheslav Platonov

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship – Silver medal
Yaroslav Antonov Alexander Beleveich Valery Losev Yury Panchenko Igor Runov Yuri Sapega Aleksandr Savin Pāvels Seļivanovs Vladimir Shkurikhin Oleksandr Sorokalet Raimonds Vilde Vyacheslav Zaytsev Coach: Gennadiy Parshin

• 1957 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Taganrog
• Soviet men's volleyball players
• Olympic volleyball players for the Soviet Union
• Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
• Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
• Olympic medalists in volleyball
• Russian men's volleyball players
• Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
• Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
• Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
• Friendship Games medalists in volleyball
• International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees
• 20th-century Russian sportsmen