Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova (russian: Наталия Олеговна Гончарова, born 1 June 1989), from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva, is a Russian

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She played for the

Ukraine women's national volleyball team The Ukraine women's national volleyball team ( ua, Жіноча збірна України з волейболу, ''Zhinocha zbirna Ukrai'ny z volejbolu'') represents Ukraine in international women's volleyball competitions and friendly matches. ...

until 2010 when she became part of the

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Career

She played with the Ukrainian team at the 2005

Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship The Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship is a volleyball competition for girls' national teams with players under the age of 18 years, currently held biannually and organized by the European Volleyball Confederation, the volleyball federa ...

, the 2006

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, the 2007 Junior World Championship, the qualification for the

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(in

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and

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), and the qualification for the

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With Russia, she was part of the teams which played the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

in Kazan, the

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(in

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), the

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(in

), the

FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...

(in

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), the

2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup The 2015 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The top two ranked teams, China and Serbia, qualified for the Oly ...

in Japan, and the

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. and

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. At club level, she played for University (in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

) and Regina (in

Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

) before moving to Dynamo Moscow in 2007. Goncharova has been chosen the best player of the

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three times (in 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17).

Personal life

In 2012, she married Russian volleyball player

Aleksey Obmochaev Aleksey Aleksandrovich Obmochaev (russian: Алексей Александрович Обмочаев; born 22 May 1989) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Kuzbass Kemerovo. He was ...

. However, they divorced in January 2016.

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2013 Summer Universiade "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2013 Summer Universiade "Best Spiker"'' * '' 2015 FIVB Grand Prix "Best Opposite"'' * '' 2015 FIVB World Cup "Best Opposite"'' * '' 2016 Women's European qualification "MVP"'' * '' 2019 FIVB World Cup "Best Scorer"'' * ''2020 Russian Championship "Best scorer"'' * ''2014-15 Russian Championship "Best player"'' * ''2015-16 Russian Championship "Best player"'' * ''2016-17 Russian Championship "Best player"'' * ''2017-18 Russian Championship "Best player"'' * ''2018-19 Russian Championship "Best player"''

National team

Junior

* 2005

– Gold medal (with Ukraine) * 2006

– Bronze medal (with Ukraine) * 2013 Universiade – Gold medal (with Russia)

Senior

* 2010 FIVB World Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2013 European Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) *

2014 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star te ...

– Bronze medal (with Russia) *

2015 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 26 June to 2 August 2015. This was the first time that the Group 1 final round was held in Omaha, ...

– Silver medal (with Russia) * 2015 European Championship – Gold medal (with Russia) * 2019 World Cup - Bronze medal (with Russia)

Clubs

* 2007 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2007–08 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2008 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2008–09 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow) *

2008–09 CEV Women's Champions League The 2008–2009 Women's CEV Champions League was an international volleyball sports club, club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. Teams of the 2008–2009 Participants: Main phase Pool A November 6, 2008 November 12–13, 2 ...

– Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2009 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2009–10 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2010–11 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2011 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2011–12 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2012 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2012–13 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2013 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2013–14 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2014–15 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2015–16 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2016 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) * 2016–17 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)

References

External links

Profile
at CEV
Profile
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