Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova is a Russian retired 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 2.02 m 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.
Regla Maritza Bell MacKenzie, more commonly known as Regla Bell, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. While playing for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, she won the gold medal three times at the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2000, and won additional gold medals at the FIVB World Championship in 1994 and 1998. She was a left-handed striker.
Yumilka Daysi Ruíz Luaces, more commonly known as Yumilka Ruíz, is a retired volleyball player from Cuba who represented her native country in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won Olympic gold medals with the national team in 1996 and 2000. She also claimed the bronze at the 2004 Olympics. As an outside hitter, she was integral to the dominance of the Cuban team in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Zoila Barros Fernández, more commonly known as Zoila Barros, is a Cuban former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. As a middle blocker, she played for the Cuban women's national volleyball team, helping the team win the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Paula Jo Weishoff is a retired female volleyball player from the United States and three-time Olympian who played with the United States women's national volleyball team. As a middle blocker, Weishoff won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she was named as the tournament's outstanding player. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Hilma Aparecida Caldeira is a Brazilian retired volleyball player who competed with the Brazil women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There she claimed the bronze medal with the Women's National Team. She also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil. On club level she played with L'Acqua di Fiori/Minas.
Viacheslav Platonov was a Russian volleyball player and coach. He led the Soviet men's national volleyball team to gold medals at the 1978 FIVB World Championship in Italy, 1982 FIVB World Championship in Argentina, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Aleksandra Arkadyevna Pasynkova is a volleyball player from Russia. She plays for Uralochka-NTMK.
Uralochka-NTMK is a Russian professional women's volleyball club based in Yekaterinburg and currently plays in the Super League, the top Russian league. It was established in 1966 and is the most successful club in the USSR and Russian women's volleyball combined history with 25 national championship titles.
Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya is a Soviet Russian-born Ukrainian former volleyball player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist and European champion.
Irina Vladimirovna Kirillova, also known as Irina Parkhomchuk, is a retired competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist for the Soviet Union, later competing for Croatia. Kirillova won a gold medal while representing the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also led the Soviet Union to the gold medal at the 1990 FIVB World Championship in China, and was named the MVP of the tournament. She was a setter.
Tatjana Gorschkova is a retired Russian female volleyball player, who played as an outside hitter.
Maria Likthtenchtein, also spelled Likhtenstein or Liechtenstein is a retired female volleyball player who played for the Russian (1993–1996) and the Croatian (1997–2007) national volleyball teams. She played for clubs in Russia, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Turkey. Her retirement was announced in 2013, she won club and national team titles during her career.
Ksenia Alexandrovna Parubets is a Russian volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
Anya "Anna" Velikiy is a Soviet Uzbek-born Israeli female former volleyball player, who played as a right side hitter. She captained the Israel women's national volleyball team.
Tatiana Artmenko is an Israeli female former volleyball player, playing as a right side hitter. She was part of the Israel women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship. On club level she played for Vk Prostějov. During 2017-2020 she was coach assistant for Israel women's national volleyball team young teams.
The Russian Women's Volleyball Super League, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Russia. It is organized and administered by the Russian Volleyball Federation.
Ekaterina Evdokimova is a Russian volleyball player for VC Uralochka-NTMK and the Russian national team.
Burevisnyk-ShVSM Chernihiv is a sports volleyball club in the city of Chernihiv, Ukraine, founded in 1988.
Yuliya Anatoliivna Gerasymova is a Ukrainian volleyball player. She has participated in three European Championships.
