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FIVB World Grand Prix 1999
The 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix was the seventh women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over three weeks in four cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Yu Xi, PR China, from 27 to 29 August 1999. Teams Preliminary rounds Ranking The best four teams from the overall ranking are qualified for the final round. First round Group A *Venue: Macau Group B *Venue: Genting, Malaysia Second round Group C *Venue: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Group D *Venue: Manila, Philippines Final round *Venue: Yuxi, China Final four Semifinals 3rd place match Final Final ranking Individual awards *Most valuable player: ** *Best scorer: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best digger: ** *Best setter: ** *Best receiver: ** Dream Team Setter: ** Middle Blockers: ** ** Outside Hitters: ** ** Opposite Hitter: ** ReferencesVolleyball Almanac {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World Grand Prix, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World Grand Prix was replaced by the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League and Challenger Cup. History Origins World Grand Prix was created in 1993 as part of the FIVB's marketing strategy to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing annual international competitions. It was modelled after the World League, a successful event for men that had been introduced three years before. The Grand Prix made women's volleyball very popular in East Asia. As of 2004, the competition was maintained mainly with the support of Asian investors. The early competitions and the finals were usually held in East Asia, because the volleyball market in Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeniya Artamonova
Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian volleyball player who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with Sergey Tetyukhin) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She also won the Most Beautiful Women Volleyball Player Award, which was held on the occasion of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 1993 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League". Honors * 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place * 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Fernández (volleyball)
Ana Ibis Fernández Valle (born August 3, 1973) is a Cuban volleyball player. She was born in Sancti Spíritus. She won a gold medal with the Cuban team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 1994 FIVB Women's World Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 17 to 30 October 1994 in São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Teams ;Group A * * * * .... She is three times Olympic Champion as a member of the Cuban winning team in 1992, 1996, and 2000. Individual awards * '' 1998 World Championship "Best Spiker"'' References External links * 1973 births Living people People from Sancti Spíritus Cuban women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Cuba Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Yongmei
Wu Yongmei (, born 1 January 1975) is a Chinese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * Volleybox.net Profile 1975 births Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for China Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in volleyball Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helia Souza
Helia is an Australian Lenders mortgage insurance provider. It is listed on the ASX and changed its name from Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia in October 2022. In 2018, Helia invested in Tic:Toc, a mortgage fintech. In 2021, Genworth Financial, an S&P400 insurance provider, sold its 52% of Helia's shares to institutional investors, effectively making Helia an independent company. In 2022, Helia invested in OSQO a "deposit gap funder". In 2022, Helia purchased 22% of Household Capital, a reverse mortgage A reverse mortgage is a mortgage loan, usually secured by a residential property, that enables the borrower to access the unencumbered value of the property. The loans are typically promoted to older homeowners and typically do not require monthl ... provider. References Insurance companies of Australia Companies with year of establishment missing Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange {{Australia-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricarda Lima
Ricarda Raquel Barbosa Lima (born 12 September 1970) is a Brazilian former volleyball player. She competed for Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she won the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. She competed at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. Clubs * Leites Nestlé Leites Nestlé or Leite Moça was a Brazilian women's volleyball club representing Sorocaba and Jundiaí, SP, winner of the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. The team played the home games at the Ginásio de Esportes Dr. Nic ... (1995–1997) * BCN/Osasco (2000–2001) * Brasil Telecom/Força Olímpica (2003–2004) * Rexona/Ades (2004–2005) Awards Individuals * ''1998–99 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Receiver"'' * '' 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix – "Best Digger"'' * '' 2000 Summer Olympics – "Best Digger"'' * ''2000–01 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Libero"'' References *UOL Profile External links * 1970 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lioubov Sokolova
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 Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evguenia Artamonova
Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian volleyball player who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with Sergey Tetyukhin) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She also won the Most Beautiful Women Volleyball Player Award, which was held on the occasion of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 1993 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League". Honors * 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place * 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virna Dias
Virna Cristine Dantas Dias (born August 31, 1971 in Natal) is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. Dias also competed at the 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze once again, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Clubs * Lufkin (1986–1990) * Virtus Reggio Calabria (1991–1992) * Ribeirão Preto (1992–1993) * BCN Guarujá (1993–1994) * Minas Tênis Clube (1994–1995) * Tietê (1995–1996) * Minas Tênis Clube (1996–1997) * União (1997–1998) * Uniban (1998–1999) * Flamengo (1999–2001) * BCN Osasco (2001–2003) * Minas Tênis Clube (2003–2004) * Chieri Torino (2004–2005) * Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Vasilyevich Karpol (russian: Николай Васильевич Карполь; 1 May 1938) is a Soviet and Russian women's volleyball coach. Known as ''The Howling Bear'', Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1980 and Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1988 and taking the silver medals in Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 1992, Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2000 and Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals. In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching VC Uralochka-NTMK, Uralochka for 51 years. Honours Olympic Games (as coach): * 1980, 1988 – gold, * 1992, 2000, 2004 – silver. World Championships: * 1990 – gold, * 1994, 1998, 2002 – bronze. Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Sennikova
Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria ** Elena Municipality * Elena (village), a village in Haskovo Province Film and television * ''Elena'' (2011 film), a 2011 Russian film * ''Elena'' (2012 film), a Brazilian film * ''Elena'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Elena of Avalor'', an American TV series * ''Daniele Cortis'', a 1947 Italian film also known as ''Elena'' Music * ''Elena'' (Cavalli), a 1659 opera by Francesco Cavalli * ''Elena'' (Mayr), an 1814 opera by Mayr * "Elena" (song), a 1979 song by The Marc Tanner Band * ''Elena'', an EP by Puerto Muerto Other * ''Elena'' (play), a Cebuano play by Vicente Sotto * Extra Low ENergy Antiproton ring, a storage ring in the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN * Hurricane Elena See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yelena 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] |
