Aleksandr Kosarev (volleyball)

{{short description|Russian volleyball player (born 1977)}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Aleksandr Kosarev

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| full_name = Aleksandr Borisovich Kosarev

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| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgorod, Russia

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| height = 2.00 m

| weight = 90 kg

| spike = 339 cm

| block = 328 cm

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| position = Outside hitter

| currentclub = {{flagicon|RUS}} Belogorie Belgorod

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| years = 1997–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2016

| teams = Lokomotiv Belgorod
Zenit Kazan
Lokomotiv Belgorod
Fakel Novy Urengoy
Belogorie Belgorod

| nationalyears = 2000–2009

| nationalteam = {{vb|RUS}}

| coachyears = 2016–

| coachteams = Belogorie Belgorod (coach)

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{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Athens|}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Beijing|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Argentina|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Belo Horizonte|}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Rotterdam|}}

{{MedalBronze|2001 Katowice|}}

{{MedalBronze|2006 Moscow|}}

{{MedalBronze|2008 Rio de Janeiro|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver| 1999 Austria |}}

{{MedalSilver| 2005 Seria and Montenegro/Italy |}}

{{MedalSilver| 2007 Russia |}}

{{MedalBronze| 2001 Czech Republic |}}

{{MedalBronze| 2003 Germany |}}

| updated = 4 March 2016

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Aleksandr Borisovich Kosarev ({{langx|ru|Александр Борисович Косарев}}, born 30 September 1977) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Belogorie Belgorod.

Kosarev competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Russia claimed the bronze medal by defeating the United States in the play-off for third place.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Aleksandr Kosaryev |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/aleksandr-kosaryev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203111414/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/aleksandr-kosaryev-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03 |quote=Full name: Aleksandr Borisovich Kosaryev / Original name: Александр Борисович Косарьев}}