Sergei Anatolyevich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Серге́й Анатольевич Овчинников; 25 January 1969 – 29 August 2012) was the head coach of the Russia's National Women Volleyball Team.

[4] From the very beginning of the championship, accidental injuries sustained by key players of Fakel constrained them from actively participating in the games until the team left the elite division.

[4] During the quarterfinal playoffs, Omichka clashed with Dynamo (Krasnodar) and they lost with their rivals winning “bronze” that year under the guidance of Yuri Marichev.

On 29 August 2012, 43-year-old Sergei Ovchinnikov was found dead in his hotel room at his team's training camp in the Croatian town of Poreč.

[1] Media reports blamed Ovchinnikov's lack of top-level international experience as the main reason for losing to Brazil.

[1] "I could see his reaction after that loss," Vladimir Alekno, a head coach of the Russian men's volleyball team, told to the media.

[5] Coincidentally, his funeral took place a day before the first anniversary of the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash killed the city's hockey team.