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| Marina Kuzmina | |||||
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| Nationality | Azerbaijani | ||||
| Born | 7 October 1978 | ||||
| Height | 181 m (593 ft 10 in) | ||||
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| Number | 13 (national team) | ||||
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Marina Kuzmina (born 7 October 1978) 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 Yashiyurt.
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.
Pleumjit Thinkaow is a Thai volleyball player.
Valeriya Mammadova 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.
The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments.
Niverka Dharlenis Marte Frica is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic. She played the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Dominican Republic national team ranking in fifth place. She also played the 2010 and the 2014 World Championship earning the 17th place and the fifth place and the 2011 and the 2015 FIVB World Cup with her national team ranking in the eight and seventh place. She won the bronze medal in the 2015 Pan American Games.
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, however today, the most popular sports in Azerbaijan are 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.
Liliia Sergueva 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Elena Arifova is a retired Azerbaijani female volleyball player. She was part of the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team.
Gulouchen Karimova is a retired Azerbaijani female volleyball player.
Tatyana Federova is a retired Azerbaijani volleyball player. She was part of the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Maria Tsarenko 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Alla Teterina was an Azerbaijani female volleyball player. She was part of the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team.
Olisana Barinova 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Viktoria Stepanisheheva 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Svetlana Selerneva 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Dinara Aidarova is a retired Azerbaijani female volleyball player.
Maria Volchkova 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. On club level she played with Neffyag Baku.
Marjorie Vilchez Soto was a Peruvian female volleyball player.
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.
Yana Doroshenko is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani volleyball player that plays for Maccabi Hadera Hefer in Israeli Women's Volleyball League and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team.
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