Aleksey Aleksandrovich Ostapenko (russian: Алексей Александрович Остапенко, born 26 May 1986) is a

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player from

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. He was born in

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

. Ostapenko competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, where Russia claimed the bronze medal.

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* * * 1986 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saratov 20th-century Russian people 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub