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Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup
The Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup is an annual international women's volleyball tournament. It is named after the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Since 2008, the tournament has been held in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Medalists History In the summer of 2002, Nikolay Karpol (the head coach of the Russian women's national volleyball team and Uralochka) met with Boris Yeltsin to discuss a new international volleyball competition. Yeltsin agreed for the tournament to be named after him; at the same time Karpol's initiative was strongly supported by the governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Eduard Rossel. The winners would receive a trophy made by stonecutters from the Ural Mountains. 2003 The first tournament of the Yeltsin Cup, which featured 8 national teams, was scheduled to match the opening of two large arenas in central Ural — the Palace of Sporting Games "Uralochka" in Yekaterinburg and the sports and health complex Metallurg-Forum in Nizhny Tagil. The first winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first president of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a Political Independent, political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism. Yeltsin was born in Butka, Russia, Butka, Ural Oblast. He grew up in Kazan and Berezniki. After studying at the Ural State Technical University, he worked in construction. After joining the Communist Party, he rose through its ranks, and in 1976 he became First Secretary of the party's Sverdlovsk Oblast committee. Yeltsin was initially a supporter of the ''perestroika'' reforms of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland Women's National Volleyball Team
The Poland women's national volleyball team is controlled by the ''Polski Związek Piłki Siatkowej'' (PZPS), which represents the country in international competitions and friendly matches. Results Summer Olympics Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place World Championship Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place European Championship Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place World Cup Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place World Grand Prix Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Nations League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place European League * 2014 – 3rd place European Games * 2015 Baku – 2nd place * 2023 Kraków – Qualified Team Current squad Head coach: Jacek Nawrocki Coach histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil Women's National Volleyball Team
The Brazil women's national volleyball team is administrated by the ''Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol'' (CBV) and takes part in international volleyball competitions. It is ranked second in the FIVB World Rankings as of August 2021. They are the current record holder of FIVB World Grand Prix champion titles, having won it for the eleventh time in 2016 and are the gold medalists of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The team also get a gold in Pan American Games in 2011 Results Olympic Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place World Championship Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place World Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place World Grand Champions Cup Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place World Grand Prix Champions Runners up&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova
Svetlana Valentinovna Kryuchkova (russian: Светлана Валентиновна Крючкова) (born 21 February 1985) is a Russian volleyball player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed for the Russia women's national volleyball team in the women's event. Awards Club * 2012–13 CEV Women's Challenge Cup – Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar Dinamo Krasnodar (''russian: Динамо Краснодар'') is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Krasnodar. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league. History Soviet years Founded in 1946, the club ... References 1985 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Lipetsk Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina Ulanova
Ekaterina Ulanova (née Kabeshova) (russian: Екатерина Владимировна Кабешова; born August 5, 1986) is a Russian volleyball player. She competed for the Russia women's national volleyball team in the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also won the gold medal at the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, playing with Dinamo Kazan. Personal and early life Ulanova is tall , born as Yekaterina Vladimirovna Kabeshova on August 5, 1986 in Ivanovo, Soviet Union. She married the CSKA Moscow football player Ivan Ulanov in 2011. Career In 2010, she joined Dinamo Kazan, winning with this team the Russian Superleague in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and two times the Russian Cup, in 2010 and 2012. Ulanova won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3-0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals and 3-0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final. Ulanova won the 2014 FIVB Club World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at 2006 and 2010 World Championship in Japan and the silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Personal life She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul. She has a son from her ex-husband. She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship. Career Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe". She won the 2006–07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server". Sokolova won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Startseva
Yevgeniya Aleksandrovna Startseva (russian: Евге́ния Алекса́ндровна Ста́рцева; born 12 February 1989) is a volleyball player from Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championship. She represented Russia at the 2012 Olympics. Career Startseva won a 2014 FIVB Club World Championship gold medal playing with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan, who defeated the Brazilian team Molico Osasco 3-0 in the championship match. National team * 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix – Silver medal (with Russia) * 2010 FIVB World Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix – Bronze medal (with Russia) * 2015 European Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia) Clubs * Avtodor-Metar (2004–2010) * Dinamo Krasnodar (2010-2012) * Dinamo Kazan (2012-2021) * Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshie Takeshita
Yoshie Takeshita (竹下 佳江 ''Takeshita Yoshie'', born March 18, 1978) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She served as Head Coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji. and now serves as Executive Adviser. She played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal. She was also part of the 2010 Japanese Women's team that won bronze at the world championships, beating the US in the bronze medal match. Her nickname was World's smallest and strongest setter (世界 最小 最強 セッター ''Sekai saisho saikyo setter''). She was the captain of the Japanese volleyball team during the 2006 World Championship and took the most valuable player award. On 28 September 2012 JT Marvelous announced her retirement. On 21 June 2013 Takeshita was selected to become a member of the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterina 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 CEV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina Sheshenina
Marina Igorevna Sheshenina (russian: Марина Игоревна Шешенина) (born 26 June 1985 in Sverdlovsk) is a volleyball player from Russia, who plays as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece 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 ..., claiming the silver medal. Clubs * Uralochka-NTMK (2006) References FIVB Profile 1985 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Place of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport Express
''Sport-Express'' (russian: Спорт-Экспресс) is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. Printed in 31 cities of Russia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United States, it is the biggest-selling sports newspaper in Russia, with the daily audience of over 700,000 people. ''Sport-Express'' was founded in 1991. It is a part of European Sports Media. Notable journalists * Vsevolod Kukushkin, ice hockey and sports correspondent (22 years) * Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, sports correspondent (26 years) * Aksel Vartanyan, sports historian * Vladimir Kuchmiy, founder and chief editor (18 years) * Igor Rabiner, football reviewer and sports correspondent (1994-2012, since 2014) * Alexey Popov, Formula One correspondent See also *List of non-English newspapers with English language subsections *Sovetsky Sport References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
