Veterans

Sergey Kovalenko

Position: Center

Date of Birth: Aug 11, 1947      Died: Nov 18, 2004 (57)

Height: 215 cm

Array: Port Arthur (Lushun) (China)

Nationality: Russia

Teams:

1981-85 – SKA Kyev, assistant coach

Teams:

1965-68 – GPI Tbilisi;
1969-75 – Stroitel Kyiv;
1975-80 – CSKA Moscow

Achiviements:

with Stroitel: 2-time USSR championship bronze winner (1970, 1974)…

with CSKA: 5-time USSR champion (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)…

winner of the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR (1979), silver medalist of the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR (1971)…

with USSR national team: 1972 Olympic champion, 1968 Olympic bronze winner, 1970 World Championship bronze winner, 1969 European champion, 1973 European Championship bronze winner, 1973 World Universiade runner-up…