Lyubov Sokolova
Lyubov Sokolova in 2006
Personal information
Full nameLyubov Sokolova
NicknameLyuba
Nationality Russia
 Turkey
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
National team
1996–2016 Russia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2006 JapanTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 JapanTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 JapanTeam
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place1999 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place1997 JapanTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place1999 Yu XiTeam
Silver medal – second place1998 Hong KongTeam
Silver medal – second place2000 ManillaTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1996 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2001 MacauTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1999 ItalyTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 BulgariaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2007 Belgium/LuxembourgTeam
World U20 Championship
Bronze medal – third place1995 ThailandUnder-20
European Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place1994 HungaryUnder-19
Last 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] Also, she’s the only volleyball player who has won 2 World titles in the same year: 2010 World Championships with Russia and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World 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 playing for Dynamo Krasnodar. From July 1, 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. ↑ CEV. "CEV Honours Players of the Year 2006". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  3. ↑ CEV. "Grupo 2002 Murcia takes Women's Top Teams Cup to Spain". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  4. ↑ CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. ↑ CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Двукратная чемпионка мира по волейболу Любовь Соколова объявила о завершении карьеры". ТАСС. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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