Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova is a retired Russian 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.
Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol is a Russian women's volleyball coach and a longstanding coach of the Soviet national team and later the Russian national team. Known as The Howling Bear, Karpol was a regular at the Olympic Games, with his teams usually earning a last call on the Olympic podium, winning gold medals in 1980 and 1988 and taking the silver medals in 1992, 2000 and 2004 for a total of five Olympic medals. In 2020, he set a new world record by coaching Uralochka for 51 years.
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 and the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Marina Igorevna Sheshenina is a volleyball player from Russia, who plays as a setter. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, claiming the silver medal.
The 2008–09 Women's CEV Cup was the 37th edition of the European Women's CEV Cup volleyball club tournament, the former Top Teams Cup.
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.
Telekom Baku was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Club World Championship.
The Russian Women's Water Polo Championship is the premier championship for women's water polo clubs in Russia. Founded in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union, it is currently contested by ten teams.
Uralochka-ZMZ Zlatoust is a Russian professional women's water polo club from Zlatoust.
Tatyana Menshova is a retired Russian female volleyball player. She played for the Unified Team.
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.
Yuliya Timonova is a Russian former volleyball player. Timonova was part of the Russian women's national volleyball team, winning titles at the 1991 and 1993 European Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Brazil. Timonova also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in fourth place. On club level she played with Uralochka Yekaterinburg.
Ksenia Alexandrovna Parubets is a Russian volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team.
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.
Alyona Viktorovna Vylegzhanina is a Russian water polo player. She was a member of the Russia women's national water polo team, playing as a centre back. She was a part of the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. On club level, she played for Uralochka Zlatoust in Russia.
Anastasiya Viktorovna Zubkova is a Russian female water polo player. She was a member of the Russia women's national water polo team. She was a part of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On club level she played for Uralochka Zlatoust in Russia.
The Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup is an annual international women's volleyball tournament. It is named after the first president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. Since 2008, the tournament has been held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Ekaterina Enina is a Russian volleyball player. She is part of the Russia women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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