Natalya Safronova

Natalya Safronova
Personal information
Full nameNatalya Safronova
NationalityRussian
Born (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike312 cm (123 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current club Zarechie Odintsovo
Number7
National team
1997–2009 Russia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2006 Team
1998 Team
2002 Team
FIVB World Cup
1999 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
1997 Osaka/Hiroshima/Tokyo Team
2001 Saitama/Fukuoka Team
Volleyball World Grand Prix
1997 Team
1999 Team
2002 Team
1998 Team
2003 Team
2006 Team
2009 Team
European Volleyball Championship
1997 Brno Team
1999 Rome/Perugia Team
2005 Zagreb-Pula Team
2007 Team
Last updated: March 2010

Natalya Safronova (born 6 February 1979,[1] in Krasnoyarsk), is a volleyball player from Russia. During her time playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006–07 CEV Cup.[2]

On 3 December 2009 she collapsed during training after suffering a stroke. She was in coma for 18 days and only regained her speech a year after the incident took place.[3]

She continues to recover from the stroke with her volleyball career likely to be over.

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Awards

Individuals

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. ^ Volleywood.net. "Safronova Can Talk Again". Retrieved 14 February 2013.