Natalie Jean Williams is an American basketball executive and former player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Williams was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. She was also an accomplished volleyball player at UCLA. From 2022-2024, Williams served as the General Manager of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.
The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992.
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova is a Russian retired volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won two world titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe
Rosir Calderón Díaz is a Cuban-born Russian volleyball player who was a member of the Cuban women's national team that won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In November 2014, she received Russian Sport citizenship. She plays for the Greek club AEK Athens of the A1 Ethniki women's volleyball league.
Bethania de la Cruz de Peña is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, currently playing for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is best known for winning the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup.
Matthew John Anderson is an American professional volleyball player and member of the United States men's national volleyball team. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won bronze medals at the 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, and was part of the gold-winning teams at the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup. With the Russian volleyball club Zenit Kazan, he has won numerous CEV Champions League titles.
Galatasaray Daikin is the professional women's volleyball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play their matches in the 7000-seat arena TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall.
Aleksandra Arkadyevna Pasynkova is a volleyball player from Russia. She plays for Uralochka-NTMK.
Vera Alexandrovna Vetrova, née Ulyakina is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship in Japan, the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in China, the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Italy and Serbia, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championship, the 2013 European Championship and the 2015 European Championship.
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues is a Brazilian retired professional volleyball player who won the 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal and the silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics with the Brazilian national team. She is 1.79 m tall. She played with Praia Clube.
Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova, from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva, is a Russian volleyball player. She played for the Ukraine women's national volleyball team until 2010 when she became part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
Irina Andreyevna Fetisova is a Russian volleyball player. She plays for the Russia women's national volleyball team and Tianjin Bohai Bank at club level.
Natalia Nicolaevna Malykh is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an opposite. She is member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and plays for Dinamo Krasnodar. Malykh was part of the Russian team which won the European Championships of 2013 and 2015. In 2017, Malykh married Ruslan Bykanov, a beach volleyball player.
Ekaterina Vadimovna Pankova, from 2013 to 2016 Kosianenko, is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an setter. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and plays for Dynamo Moscow at club level.
Irina Andreyevna Voronkova is a Russian professional volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team and was part of the national teams at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, the 2015 Montreux Volley Masters, the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2016 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in Thailand, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Ekaterina Orlova is a former Russian female volleyball player, playing as a middle-blocker. She was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
Ksenia Alexandrovna Parubets is a Russian volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
Judith-Flores Manuelevna Yalovaya is a Russian volleyball player. Bronze medalist of Russian Beach Volleyball Championship, silver medalist of Open Cup of Russia.
Suzanne Eagye Cox is a retired volleyball player who played collegiately for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. She played for the team that won the 1987 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.
