Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)

Lyubov Sokolova
Personal information
Full name Lyubov Sokolova
Nickname Lyuba
Nationality

 Russia

 Turkey
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 307 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
1996–2016Russia
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. 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. 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".[1]

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".[2]

Sokolova won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe.[3][4]

On May 2016 Sokolova announced her retirement from sports.[5]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

References

  1. CEV. "CEV Honours Players of the Year 2006". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  2. CEV. "Grupo 2002 Murcia takes Women's Top Teams Cup to Spain". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  3. CEV. "World champion FenerbahceAcibadem saves honor by claiming bronze medal". Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  4. CEV. "VakifGunesTTelekom completes Turkish fairy tale in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  5. "Двукратная чемпионка мира по волейболу Любовь Соколова объявила о завершении карьеры". ТАСС. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Lyubov Sokolova-Shashkova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • FIVB Profile
  • CEV Profile
  • Italian League Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-05)
Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Raquel Silva
Best Server of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1999
Succeeded by
Brazil Érika Coimbra
Preceded by
Brazil Virna Dias
Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix

2000
Succeeded by
United States Danielle Scott-Arruda

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