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| Gulouchen Karimova | |||||
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| Nationality | Azerbaijani | ||||
| Born | 16 September 1979 | ||||
| Height | 183 m (600 ft 5 in) | ||||
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| Number | 6 (national team) | ||||
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Gulouchen Karimova (born 16 September 1979) is a retired Azerbaijani female volleyball player.
She was part of the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. [1] On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
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