Yevgeniya Estes

Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (Russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian female volleyball player, who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with Sergey Tetyukhin) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Yevgeniya Estes
Personal information
Full nameYevgeniya Viktorovna Estes
BornYevgeniya Viktorovna Artamonova
(1975-07-17) 17 July 1975
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Career
YearsTeams
1991—1995
1995—1999
1999—2000
2000—2001
2001—2002
2002—2004
2004—2006
2006—2007
2007—2012
Uralochka Ekaterinburgo
Okisu Toyobo
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
Virtus Reggio Calabria
Uralochka-NTMK
Takefuji Bamboo
Volero Zurich
Takefuji Bamboo
Uralochka-NTMK
National team
1991
1992
1993—2012
 Soviet Union
 Unified Team
 Russia

She also won the Most Beautiful Women Volleyball Player Award, which was held on the occasion of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 1993 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League".

Honors

Trivia

Aru-chan (Evguenia's nickname in Japan) On the court, she rarely shows her feelings, which made Japanese media nickname her “Ice doll”.

During the Russia-Japan game of the World Grand Prix 1995 she fell down because of a knee injury. The knee was operated unsuccessfully on the previous year.

Individual awards

References

Awards
Preceded by
Leila Barros
Danielle Scott-Arruda
Most Valuable Player of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1997
2002
Succeeded by
Leila Barros
Paola Cardullo
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