Igor RUNOV

A 205 cm tall middle hitter Igor Runov débuted at the Soviet championships in 1983 with CSKA Moskva, after spending his youth career with Iskra Odintsovo. He played with CSKA until 1991 and won Soviet titles from 1986-91, CEV Champions League titles in 1986-89 and 1991, the Soviet Cup in 1984 and 1985, and The European Super Cup in 1987-88 and 1991. From 1991 until his retirement in 1998, Runov played with six different teams in six different countries, usually spending only one season with one club, playing with PV Città di Castello in Italy, Olympiakos in Greece, TuS Kriftel in Germany, SK Promin in Ukraine, and Istanbul BB in Turkey, before finishing his career with Spartak Moskva in 1998.

Runov was on the Soviet national team from 1986-92. His medals include Olympic silver in 1988, World Championships silver in 1986 and bronze in 1990, silver at the World Cup in 1989, bronze at the World League in 1991, and European golds in 1987 and 1991, and a gold at the 1986 Goodwill Games.