Full name Maxim Mikhaylov Position Opposite Height 2.02 m Block 330 cm (130 in) Role Volleyball player | Spike 345 cm (136 in) Name Maxim Mikhaylov Nationality Russian Weight 106 kg | |
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Olympic medals Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Similar People Dmitriy Muserskiy, Sergey Tetyukhin, Sergey Grankin, Vladimir Alekno, Nikolay Apalikov | ||
Maxim MIKHAYLOV - Best points at VNL FINAL (FRA-RUS)
Maxim Mikhaylov | Best Volleyball Actions | 2017 Volleyball Russia Men Cup
Maxim Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov (Russian: Максим Михайлович Михайлов; born 19 March 1988) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of the Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club VC Zenit-Kazan, gold medalist at the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, gold medalist at the World Cup 2011, European Champion 2013 and 2017 and a multiple medalist of the World League.
Contents
- Maxim MIKHAYLOV Best points at VNL FINAL FRA RUS
- Maxim Mikhaylov Best Volleyball Actions 2017 Volleyball Russia Men Cup
- Career
- National team
- Club
- Personal life
- CEV Champions League
- FIVB Club World Championship
- National championship
- Individual
- References
Career
Maxim Mikhaylov started playing volleyball in the Leningrad region under the guidance of Valery Besprozvannykh. From 2003 till 2010 he performed as an outside striker for Yaroslavich Yaroslavl, a team from Yaroslavl. In 2010 he moved to Zenit Kazan.
National team
In 2008 Russia, including Mikhaylov, won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . At the next Olympics, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, his team won gold. Mikhaylov was named best spiker and best scorer at the 2012 Olympics. In September 2013 his national team beat Italy in the final of the European Championship (3–1) and achieved the gold medal. He missed the early rounds of the 2013 season due to a shoulder injury and most of the 2014 season due to injuries to both ankles, which required surgery. He played at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Club
In 2010, Mikhaylov joined Zenit Kazan. With Zenit, he won the CEV Champions League in 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, and 2016-17 and was bronze medalist in World Championship Club in 2011. Mikhaylov was voted MVP in the 2016–17 CEV Champions League finals.
Personal life
Mikhaylov is married to Anastasia and has a son Nikita.