Natalia Malykh

Natalia Nicolaevna Malykh (Russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Малы́х, born 8 December 1993 in Volgograd) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an opposite. She is member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and plays for Dinamo Krasnodar. Malykh was part of the Russian team which won the European Championships of 2013 and 2015. In 2017, Malykh married Ruslan Bykanov, a beach volleyball player.

Natalia Malykh Bykanova
Personal information
Full nameNatalia Nicolaevna Malykh Bykanova
NationalityRussia
Born (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Volgograd, Russia
HometownVolgograd
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike308 cm (121 in)
Block297 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current club Dinamo Krasnodar
Number17
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2012
2012–2015
2015–		Volzhanochki Volgograd
VC Zarechie Odintsovo
Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
2013– Russia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Russia
FIVB World Grand Prix
2015 Omaha Team
2014 Tokyo Team
European Championship
2013 Germany/Switzerland Team
2015 Netherlands/Belgium Team
Montreux Volley Masters
2013 Montreux Team
2014 Montreux Team
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan Team

Career

Malykh started playing volleyball at the age of eight, when he joined her hometown youth team Volzhanochki Volgograd. In 2009, she was promoted to the first team, where she played for three seasons, taking part in the Liga B, third level of the Russian championship.[1]

She played for the youth national team of Russia in the 2010 Junior European Championship in Serbia[2] and the 2011 U20 World Championship in Peru.[3]

For the 2012-13 season she is signed with VC Zarechie Odintsovo, debuting at the Russian Superligue and winning the 2013–14 Challenge Cup. In 2013, she made her debut for the senior Russian national team, at the Montreux Volley Masters and finish the tournament in second place. Later that year she took part in the XVII Universiade and at the European Championship, winning both competitions. In 2014, she won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix and in 2015 she was silver medalist in the World Grand Prix and gold at the European Championship.

Ahead of the 2015–16 season she joined Dinamo Krasnodar, signing a two-year contract with the club.[4] On 3 December 2015 Dinamo Krasnodar won the Women's Volley Russian Cup, beating Dinamo Kazan in the final, her first title with the club.[5] On 2 April 2016 she won her second title with the club by claiming the 2016 CEV Women's Cup, defeating Galatasaray Istanbul in the two legs final.[6]

In 2017, Malykh married Ruslan Bykanov, a beach volleyball player.

Clubs
  • Voljanotchka Volgograd (2009–2012)
  • VC Zarechie Odintsovo (2012–2015)
  • Dinamo Krasnodar (2015–present)

Awards

Individuals

National team

Junior

Senior

Clubs

References
  1. "Malykh a volleyball rising star" (in Russian). Mk.ru. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. "2010 CEV Junior European Championship - Women Team Russia". CEV. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. "2011 Women's Junior World Championship – Team Russia". FIVB. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. "Natalia Malykh joined the star composition of Dinamo Krasnodar". Russiavolley.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. "2015 Women's Russian Cup - Details: The final and the match for bronze" (in Russian). Russian Volleyball Federation (ВФВ). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. "2016 CEV Volleyball Cup - Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  7. "2014 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup - Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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