Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball) explained

Lyubov Sokolova
Fullname:Lyubov Sokolova
Nickname:Lyuba
Nationality:
Birth Date:4 December 1977
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.920NaN0
Weight:72kg (159lb)
Spike:315cm (124inches)
Block:307cm (121inches)
Position:Opposite / Outside hitter
Years:1992–2018
Nationalyears:1996–2016
Updated:May 2016

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 retired Russian 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] Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won 2 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".[2]

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".[3]

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 .[4] [5]

In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports,[6] 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.

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Awards

Individuals

Clubs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova . Olympedia . 27 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422061927/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52976 . 22 April 2023 . live .
  2. Web site: CEV Honours Players of the Year 2006. CEV. 2010-04-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080527164341/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_04/8371_EN.html. 27 May 2008.
  3. Web site: Grupo 2002 Murcia takes Women's Top Teams Cup to Spain . CEV . 2010-04-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080527164111/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2007/news_archive_2007_03/8328_EN.html . 27 May 2008.
  4. Web site: World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal. CEV. 2011-03-20. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110323132431/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19278_EN.html. 23 March 2011.
  5. Web site: VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul . CEV . 2011-03-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110324195548/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_online/755/1711/19279_EN.html . 24 March 2011.
  6. Web site: Двукратная чемпионка мира по волейболу Любовь Соколова объявила о завершении карьеры. 18 May 2016. ТАСС. 2016-05-19.

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