Dmitri Barsouk
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Dmitri Barsouk is a beach volleyball
player
from Russia
, who represents his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
, China
.
In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt
, Austria
, Barsouk and team mate Igor Kolodinsky
won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour
gold medal.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player
Player (game)
A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games....
from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, who represents his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
In August, 2008 at the A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA in Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Barsouk and team mate Igor Kolodinsky
Igor Kolodinsky
Igor Kolodinsky is a beach volleyball player from Russia, who represents his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China....
won their first Swatch FIVB World Tour
Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008
The Swatch FIVB World Tour 2008 is an international beach volleyball competition.The tour consists of 15 tournaments with both genders and 9 separate gender tournaments....
gold medal.