Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov (Russian: Юрий Борисович Чесноков; 22 January 1933 – 30 May 2010[1]) was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Chesnokov was a two-time world champion, having won gold at the 1960 and the 1962 competitions.

[2] In 1964, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.

After his active career, he coached the Soviet team at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and later served as a FIVB vice-president for many years.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article relating to volleyball in Russia is a stub.