Katerina is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of Ekaterini and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of Ekaterina or Yekaterina.
Foluke Atinuke Gunderson is an indoor volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Japanese club Hisamitsu Springs. Born in Canada, she represents the United States internationally. Gunderson won gold with the national team at the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2014 World Championship, the Rimini Volleyball Nations League, and the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, silver at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Her 2020 Olympics win allowed her to complete the trifecta of winning an Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medal.
Valeriya Korotenko is a retired Azerbaijani volleyball player who played as a Libero. She was a member of Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was selected as the Best Libero of European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and 2017.
Oksana Kurt, also known as Oksana Parkhomenko, ; is a retired Azerbaijani indoor volleyball player, recognized as one of the most successful volleyball players in her country. Kurt is the most capped player in the history of Azerbaijan women's national team and was the team captain from 2006 until 2015. She retired from volleyball in 2015 and works as a volleyball manager.
The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments.
Sport in Azerbaijan has ancient roots, and even now, both traditional and modern sports are still practiced. Freestyle wrestling has been traditionally regarded as Azerbaijan's national sport and today, the most popular sports in Azerbaijan are combat sportss, football and chess. Other popular sports are gymnastics, judo, futsal, weightlifting, and boxing. Azerbaijan's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Water sports are practiced on the Caspian Sea and in inland waters. Competitively, Azerbaijan has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Azerbaijan is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), European Athletics Association (EAA), International Olympic Committee (IOC), among many others. It has also hosted the first European Games and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.
The Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League, is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Azerbaijan.
Nootsara Tomkom is a Thai volleyball player who plays for the San Diego Mojo of the Pro Volleyball Federation. Widely regarded as one of the best setters in international volleyball, Tomkom has been selected to play for the Thailand women's national volleyball team over 50 times.
Zhidkov is a Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Zhidkova. The surname originates either from an adjective zhidkii, which meant weak, poor in old Russian, or from the noun zhid, meaning a greedy person. Notable people with the surname include:
Ayshan Abdulazimova is an Azerbaijani volleyball middle-blocker who currently plays for Vasas Obuda in the Hungarian Women's League. Ayshan is also a part of the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team since 2011. She was appointed as the team captain in January 2020.
Natavan Gasimova is an Azerbaijani indoor volleyball player of Azeryol Baku from Azerbaijan.
Polina Rahimova is an Uzbekistani-born Azerbaijani indoor volleyball player that plays for Brazilian club SESI/Vôlei Bauru and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team.
The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerbaijan and Georgia, and was held between 22 September and 1 October 2017.
Kateřina Konečná is a Czech politician, who has been a Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic since 2013. Since 23 October 2021 she has been the leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM).
Yelyzaveta Samadova-Ruban is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player who plays for CSM Lugoj and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team as an outside spiker.
Odina Aliyeva is an Uzbekistani-born Azerbaijani volleyball player who plays for Shenzhen Zhongsai and the Azerbaijani national volleyball team.
Kseniya Poznyak is a Belarusian-born Azerbaijani former professional volleyball player. She represented Azerbaijan women's national team on international level and was part of the squad at the 2006 and 2018 FIVB World Championships, as well as 6 editions of the European Championship.
Kateřina Valková is a Czech volleyball player, a member of the German club VfB 91 Suhl.
Yelena Parkhomenko is a volleyball player from Azerbaijan. Parkhomenko has represented the Azerbaijan Volleyball national team at the Volleyball Women's World Cup in 2006 and 2014, in total she played 142 games at an international level. At a club level she has played for numerous teams in Azerbaijan, as well as in Italy, Thailand and Israel. She retired in 2016.
Badura or Baďura is a surname. It may refer to the following notable people:
