Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)

Lyubov Sokolova
Lyubov Sokolova in 2006
Personal information
Full nameLyubov Sokolova
NicknameLyuba
NationalityRussian/Turkish
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block307 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite / Outside hitter
Number14 (1996)
5 (2000–2012)
National team
1996–2016 Russia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2006 Japan Team
2010 Japan Team
1998 Japan Team
FIVB World Cup
1999 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
1999 Yu Xi Team
1998 Hong Kong Team
2000 Manilla Team
2006 Reggio Calabria Team
1996 Shanghai Team
2001 Macau Team
European Championship
1999 Italy Team
2001 Bulgaria Team
2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team
World U20 Championship
1995 Thailand Under-20
European Junior Championship
1994 Hungary Under-19

Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a Russian retired volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1][2] Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won two world titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe

Personal life

She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul. She has a son from her ex-husband. She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.

Career

Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe".[3]

She won the 2006–07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server".[4]

Sokolova won gold medal at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Fenerbahçe, and 2 gold medals at the CEV Women's Champions League, 2004-05 with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo and 2011–12 with Fenerbahçe .[5][6]

In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports,[7] but in December 2017 she returned to play for Dynamo Krasnodar. From 1 July 2018, she worked as the team’s general manager, but in February 2019 she left this postision and went to work for the Volley Service sports agency. In February 2021 she was appointed as the general manager of the Russian national team.

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. ^ "Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ CEV. "CEV Honours Players of the Year 2006". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  4. ^ CEV. "Grupo 2002 Murcia takes Women's Top Teams Cup to Spain". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  5. ^ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ^ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Двукратная чемпионка мира по волейболу Любовь Соколова объявила о завершении карьеры". ТАСС. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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