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1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
The 1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Gdynia, Poland from September 5 to 13, 1997. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Gdynia, Poland. Qualification process * ''*'' Germany replaced France. * ''**'' Czechia replaced Croatia. Pools composition Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Second round Play off – elimination group Play off – seeding group Final round Quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing External links Informative website {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Fivb Women's Junior World Championship World Championship Women's U20 Volleyball World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB). The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity, Poland, Tricity (''Trójmiasto'') with around 1,000,000 inhabitants. Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Pomerelia, Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926, Gdynia was granted city rights after which it enjoyed demographic and urban development, with a Modernist architecture, modernist cityscape. It became a major seaport city of Poland. In 1970, 1970 Polish protests, protests in and aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAVB
The African Volleyball Confederation (French: ''Confédération Africaine de Volleyball'', or CAVB) is the continental governing body for the sports of volleyball in Africa. Its headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. Profile The CAVB was the last confederation to be created: it was established in 1972, when the FIVB turned its five Volleyball Zone Commissions into continental confederations. The African Volleyball Commission had been founded in 1967. Although the national federation of Egypt was involved in the founding of the FIVB in 1947, the sport of volleyball remains essentially amateur in Africa, even in countries which maintain consistent Olympic programmes, such as South Africa or Kenya. There has been considerable effort by the international federation to increase competitivity in the continent through special development actions. The results of these measures are, , still timid. The CAVB's headquarters are located in Rabat, Morocco. The CAVB is responsible f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Plotnikova
Elena Zarubina (Plotnikova) (russian: Елена Михайловна Зарубина (Плотникова)) (born 26 July 1978) is a Russian volleyball player with the Women's National Team, for which she made her debut in 1998. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the silver medal. She participated at the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix, and 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix. Honours * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place * 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1999 European Championship — 1st place * 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2001 European Championship — 1st place * 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 2002 World Championship — 3rd place * 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place * 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatiana Gorchkova
Tatjana Gorschkova (born ) is a retired Russian female volleyball player, who played as an outside hitter. Gorschkova was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Le ... in Germany, and at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix. On club level she played with VK Uralotschka-NTMK. Clubs * VK Uralotschka-NTMK (2002) References External links * FIVB.orgBestsports.comFIVB.ch {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorchkova, Tatiana 1981 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Ivanova
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters. The word ''marina'' may also refer to an inland wharf on a river or canal that is used exclusively by non-industrial pleasure craft such as canal narrowboats. Emplacement Marinas may be located along the banks of rivers connecting to lakes or seas and may be inland. They are also located on coastal harbors (natural or man made) or coastal lagoons, either as stand alone facilities or within a port complex. History In the 19th century, the few existing pleasure craft shared the same facilities as trading and fishing vessels. The marina appeared in the 20th century with the popularization of yachting. Facilities and services A marina may have refuelling, washing and repair facilities, marine and boat chandlers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjela Gourieva
Anschela Gurijeva or Anjela Gourieva (born ) is a retired Russian female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker. Gourieva was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipz ... that won the bronze medal in Germany. On club level she played with VK Uralotschka-NTMK. Clubs * VK Uralotschka-NTMK (2002) References External links * Volleybox.net Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Gourieva, Anjela 1980 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Gamova
Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championships, and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Due to her stature and dominance at the net, she has been hailed as the "Queen of Volleyball". She is tall with EU size 49 feet, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world. She is also the second highest paid female player in professional volleyball history. Her role was outside hitter/opposite. Career Playing with Dynamo Moscow she won the silver medal at the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League, and she was awarded "Best Scorer". For the 2009/2010 season, she joined the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Acıbadem. With this team she won the Turkish League Championship and went to the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Safronova
Natalya Safronova (born 6 February 1979, in Krasnoyarsk), is a volleyball player from Russia. During her time playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006–07 CEV Cup. On 3 December 2009 she collapsed during training after suffering a stroke. She was in coma for 18 days and only regained her speech a year after the incident took place. She continues to recover from the stroke with her volleyball career likely to be over. Clubs * Uralochka Ekaterinburgo (1994–1998) * JT Marvelous (1998–1999) * Uralochka Ekaterinburgo (1999–2004) * Zarechie Odintsovo (2006–2008) * Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ... (2008–2009) Awards Individuals * 2006–07 CEV Cup "Best Attacker" Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Belikova
Anastasiya Aleksandrovna Kodirova (russian: Анастасия Александровна Кодирова), née Belikova (russian: Беликова), (born 22 July 1979 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's volleyball national team, national team that won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. External linksUralochka VC profile * 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Russian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Chukanova
Olga Viktorovna Khrzhanovskaya (russian: Ольга Викторовна Хржановская, née Chukanova (russian: Чуканова) (born 9 June 1980 in Temirtau) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... She currently plays for Universitet Belgorod. References Sports-reference.com(archived) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khrzhanovskaya, Olga 1980 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Russia Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Temirtau Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Artamonova
Anna Artamonova (born ) is a Russian female volleyball player. She was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2006 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2006 was the fourteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. Qualification Asia *The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World .... On club level she played for Zareche in 2006. References External links Profileat ''FIVB.org'' 1980 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Tebenikhina
Irina Tebenikhina (born 5 December 1978 in Fergana) is a volleyball player from Russia, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she won the silver medal with the Women's National Team, for which she made her debut in 1997. Honours * 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1997 European Championship — 1st place * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place * 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place * 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place * 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ... — 2nd place References Profile 1978 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
