Irina Koroleva

Irina Vladimirovna Koroleva (née Zaryazhko) (Russian: Ирина Владимировна Королева (Заряжко), born 4 October 1991) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as a middle blocker. She is a member of the Women's National Team and has participated at the Universiade (in Kazan 2013, Gwangju 2015),^[1] the Montreux Volley Masters (in 2013, 2014, 2015), the Women's European Volleyball Championship (in 2013, 2015),^[2] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),^[3] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,^[4] the 2015 European Games in Baku,^[5] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[6]

Irina Zaryazhko Koroleva
Personal information
Full name	Irina Vladimirovna Zaryazhko
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 33) Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Spike	305 cm (120 in)
Block	290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Current club	Dinamo Kazan
Number	6
Career
Years Teams 2006–2009 2009–2011 2011–2016 2016–Present Aouroum Khabarovsk Samorodok Khabarovsk Uralochka Yekaterinburg Dinamo Kazan
National team
2013–Present Russia
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Russia World Cup 2019 Japan World Grand Prix 2014 Tokyo European Championship 2013 Germany/Switzerland 2015 Netherlands/Belgium Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Team 2015 Gwangju Team

At club level, she played for Aouroum Khabarovsk, Samorodok Khabarovsk and Uralochka before joining Dinamo Kazan in 2016.^[7][8]

Awards

Individuals

• 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Blocker"
• 2015 European Championship "Best Middle Blockers"
• 2017 Yeltsin Cup "Best Blocker"
• 2019 World Cup "Best blocker"

National team

Junior

• 2013 Universiade – Gold medal
• 2015 Universiade – Gold medal

Senior

• 2013 Montreux Volley Masters – Silver medal
• 2013 Boris Yeltsin Cup – Gold medal
• 2013 European Championship – Gold medal
• 2014 Montreux Volley Masters – Bronze medal
• 2014 Boris Yeltsin Cup – Silver medal
• 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix – Bronze medal
• 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix – Silver medal
• 2015 European Championship – Gold medal
• 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia)

Clubs

• 2013–14 CEV Cup – Silver medal (with Uralochka)
• 2014–15 CEV Women's Challenge Cup – Silver medal (with Uralochka)
• 2015–16 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Uralochka)
• 2016 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan)
• 2016–17 CEV Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan)
• 2016–17 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Kazan)
• 2019 Russian Super League - Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan
• 2019 Russian Cup - Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan
• 2020 Russian Cup - Champion, with WVC Dynamo Kazan