Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; born 13 August 1976) is a Russian former

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player. Yakovlev played for the

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that won the silver medal at the

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. He led Russia to the gold medal at the 1999 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and was named the MVP of the tournament. Two years later he won the

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(2002) with Russia.

Individual awards

* 1999 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player" * 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker" * 2000 Serie A1 League MVP

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* * * 1976 births Living people Russian men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Volleyball players from Kharkiv Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics VC Belogorie players Ural Ufa volleyball players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub