Dmitri Barsouk

As of June 10, 2011

Dmitri Nikolayevich Barsuk ( born January 20, 1980 in Armavir ) is a Russian volleyball and beach volleyball player.

Career

Barsuk played since 1995 with Alexei Taratine and won the 1999 European Youth Championships. With Vladimir Kostioukow he won in the next two years, two bronze medals in this competition. In addition, the duo won the 2001 Russian Championship. Other partners Barsuk in the early years were Mikhail Kouchnerew and Denis Tenenbaum.

In Rhodes Barsuk entered first time in 2003 with novel Arkajew. At the European Championships in Alanya, the new duo in fourth narrowly missed a medal and at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, they were ranked number 17 continental tournament in 2004 and the World Championships in Berlin ended Barsuk / Arkajew each ninth.

In Vitória Barsuk in 2006 had his first joint appearance with his new partner Igor Kolodinski and instantly reached a top ten placement. 2007 won the duo's three bronze medals in open tournaments. At the World Championships in Gstaad Kolodinski / Barsuk documents only in the finale the Americans Todd Rogers / Phil Dalhausser. In addition, they were fifth in the European Championships in Valencia and second ahead of his home crowd in Saint Petersburg. After the third place at the 2008 European Championship they won in Klagenfurt the first Russian beach volleyball player, a Grand Slam tournament. She then participated in the Olympic tournament in Beijing and occupied the ninth place. 2009 in Kristiansand, there was another tournament victory.

In the hall Barsuk played on VK Dynamo Krasnodar as a sweeper.