- Yevgeniya Artamonova
Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes ( _ru. Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес), née Artamonova (Артамонова) (born
July 17 ,1975 in Sverdlovsk) is aRussia nvolleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medals at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona ,2000 Summer Olympics inSydney , the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens .Fan Awards
She won the most beautiful woman volleyball player award, which was held on the occasion of World Grand Champions Cup '93 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine, overtaking second-placed Mika Yamauchi of Japan.
As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League".
Grand Chamoions Cup '97 brought Russia team the perfect victory and she won the MVP.
During the Russia-Japan game of the World Grand Prix '95 she fell down because of the knee injury,which she was operated on unsuccessfully the previous year.ES una...
Trivia
Aru-chan (Evguenia's nickname in Japan) On the court, she rarely shows her feelings, which made Japanese media nickname her “Ice doll”.
Individual Awards
* "1999 European Championship "Most Valuable Player""
References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/yevgeniya-artamonova-1.html sports-reference]
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