Russia women's national volleyball team

Russia
Association Volleyball Federation Of Russia
Confederation CEV
Head coach Yuri Marichev
FIVB ranking 5 (as of August 2016)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 13 (First in 1964)
Best result Gold (1968, 1972, 1980 & 1988)
World Championship
Appearances 16 (First in 1952)
Best result Gold (1952, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2006 & 2010)
European Championship
Appearances 29 (First in 1949)
Best result Gold (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2015)
www.volley.ru (Russian)

The Russia women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of Russia. It is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and takes part in international volleyball competitions.

They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as CIS in 1992.

12 time World Champions

As USSR (10)

Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
19521st World ChampionshipSoviet Union Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia
19562nd World ChampionshipFrance France Romania Poland
19603rd World ChampionshipBrazil Brazil Japan Czechoslovakia
1968#19th Olympic GamesMexico Mexico Japan Poland
1970#6th World ChampionshipBulgaria Bulgaria Japan North Korea
1972#20th Olympic GamesWest Germany West Germany Japan North Korea
1973#1st World CupUruguay Uruguay Japan South Korea
198022nd Olympic GamesSoviet Union Soviet Union East Germany Bulgaria
198824th Olympic GamesSouth Korea South Korea  Peru China
199011th World ChampionshipChina China China United States

# – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

As Russia (2)

Year Games Host Runners-up 3rd place
200615th World ChampionshipJapan Japan Brazil Serbia
201016th World ChampionshipJapan Japan Brazil Japan

Results

Olympic Games

As Soviet Union
As Unified Team
As Russia

FIVB World Championship

As Soviet Union
As Russia

FIVB World Cup

As Soviet Union
As Russia

FIVB World Grand Prix

As Russia

European Championship

As Soviet Union
As Russia

Current squad

Russia winner European Women's Championship 2015

The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Head coach: Yuri Marichev

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2015–16 club
1 Shcherban, YanaYana Shcherban6 September 19891.85 m (6 ft 1 in)71 kg (157 lb)298 cm (117 in)294 cm (116 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
3 Ezhova, ElenaElena Ezhova14 August 19771.78 m (5 ft 10 in)69 kg (152 lb)288 cm (113 in)282 cm (111 in)Russia Dynamo Kazan
4 Zaryazhko, IrinaIrina Zaryazhko4 October 19911.96 m (6 ft 5 in)78 kg (172 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in)Russia Uralochka Ekaterinburg
6 Malygina, DariaDaria Malygina4 April 19942.02 m (6 ft 8 in)82 kg (181 lb)317 cm (125 in)305 cm (120 in)Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
8 Goncharova, NataliyaNataliya Goncharova1 June 19891.94 m (6 ft 4 in)75 kg (165 lb)315 cm (124 in)306 cm (120 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
9 Ulyakina, VeraVera Ulyakina21 August 19861.80 m (5 ft 11 in)73 kg (161 lb)298 cm (117 in)293 cm (115 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
10 Kosianenko, EkaterinaEkaterina Kosianenko (C)2 February 19901.78 m (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)290 cm (110 in)285 cm (112 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
14 Fetisova, IrinaIrina Fetisova7 September 19941.90 m (6 ft 3 in)76 kg (168 lb)307 cm (121 in)286 cm (113 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
15 Kosheleva, TatianaTatiana Kosheleva23 December 19881.91 m (6 ft 3 in)67 kg (148 lb)315 cm (124 in)305 cm (120 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar
16 Voronkova, IrinaIrina Voronkova20 October 19951.90 m (6 ft 3 in)84 kg (185 lb)305 cm (120 in)290 cm (110 in)Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
19 Malova, AnnaAnna Malova (L)16 April 19901.75 m (5 ft 9 in)59 kg (130 lb)286 cm (113 in)290 cm (110 in)Russia Dynamo Moscow
20 Shlyakhovaya, AnastasiaAnastasia Shlyakhovaya5 October 19901.92 m (6 ft 4 in)69 kg (152 lb)313 cm (123 in)307 cm (121 in)Russia Dinamo Krasnodar

References

  1. "Russia roster" [Volleyball Federal Press of July 18, 2016] (in Russian). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. "Russia FIVB Olympic Profile". FIVB. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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