Igor Volkhin

He started practicing basketball at the age of 8 at a local sports school, his father, who himself was a sportsman, instilled him love to basketball. At the age of 14, he was invited to Khimki and climbed through the entire basketball pyramid (Russian Championship, Children’s and Junior Basketball League, European Junior Basketball League, United Youth League, Superleague-1).

Since the 2017/18 season, he played for the Khimki-Podmoskovie team in Superleague-1, many times becoming the best scoring player of the game (record – 34 points per game without overtime, 38 points – with overtime).

At the end of the 2019/20 season, Igor entered the symbolic five as the best small forward. Among all the Russian players, Igor showed the highest performance – an average of 18 points per game.

In 2018, the basketball player became winner of the three-point shootout contest at the United League Young Stars game, as well as the MVP of the International Student Basketball Cup.

Last season, he played two games in the United League, where he averaged 4.0 points and 1.5 rebounds.

He was a member of the Russian U18 and U20 teams.