Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from Lioubov Sokolova)
Jump to: navigation, search
Lyubov Sokolova
200px
Personal information
Full name Lyubov Sokolova
Nickname Lyuba
Nationality  Russia  Turkey
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 46)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 307 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
1996–2016 Russia
Last updated: May 2016

Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova)[1] (born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball player who played for Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at 2006 and 2010 World Championship in Japan and the silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Personal life

She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul and she has a son called Daniel Shashkov (from her ex-husband). She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.[citation needed]

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]

Lyubov won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe.[4][5]

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

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. Her maiden name is Lyubov Sokolova. She is also known as Lyubov Kılıç.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links