Roman Yakovlev

{{short description|Russian volleyball player (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Roman Yakovlev

| image =

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| full_name = Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev

| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|13}}

| birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukraine, USSR

| height = 2.02 m

| weight = 102 kg

| spike = 344 cm

| block = 332 cm

| position = Opposite

| teamnumber = 10

| years = 1995–1999
1999–2000
2000–2004
2004–2005
2005–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014
2015

| teams = Belogorie-Dinamo Belgorod
Volley Forlì
Daytona Modena
Iskra Odintsovo
Fakel Novy Urengoy
Dinamo-Yantar Kaliningrad
Dinamo Moscow
Dinamo Krasnodar
Iskra Odintsovo
Zenit Kazan
Ural Ufa
NOVA Novokuybyshevsk

| nationalyears = 1998–2003, 2011

| nationalteam = {{vb|Russia}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Sydney|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Argentina|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}

{{MedalGold|1999 Japan|}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Japan|}}

{{MedalCompetition|World League}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Belo Horizonte|}}

{{MedalSilver|1998 Milan|}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Rotterdam|}}

{{MedalBronze|2001 Katowice|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Austria|}}

{{MedalBronze|2001 Czech Republic|}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Germany|}}

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Roman Nikolayevich Yakovlev ({{langx|ru|Роман Николаевич Яковлев}}; born 13 August 1976) is a Russian former volleyball player. Yakovlev played for the Russia men's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He led Russia to the gold medal at the 1999 FIVB World Cup in Japan, and was named the MVP of the tournament.{{Cite news |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/volleyball-world-cup-men-women-history-format-results-champions |work=Olympics.com |title=History of FIVB Volleyball World Cup and winners list |date=5 February 2023 |last=Lokegaonkar |first=Jay |access-date=5 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916185840/https://olympics.com/en/news/volleyball-world-cup-men-women-history-format-results-champions |archive-date=16 September 2024 |url-status=live }} Two years later he won the Volleyball World League (2002) with Russia.