Yevgeniya Estes

Yevgeniya Estes
Yevgeniya Estes
Personal information
Full name	Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes
Born	Yevgeniya Viktorovna Artamonova; 17 July 1975; Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Career
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
Women’s volleyball
Representing Soviet Union
World Cup
World U20 Championship
Representing CIS ( Unified Team)
Olympic Games
European Junior Championship
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World Grand Champions Cup
Goodwill Games
FIVB World Grand Prix
European Championship
World U20 Championship

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.

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

1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place
1991 World Cup — 3rd place
1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place
1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place
1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
1993 European Championship — 1st place
1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 3rd place
1994 Goodwill Games — 1st place
1994 World Championship — 3rd place
1995 World Under-20 Championship — 3rd place
1995 European Championship — 3rd place
1996 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
1996 Olympic Games — 4th place
1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
1997 European Championship — 1st place
1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place
1998 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
1998 World Championship — 3rd place
1999 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
1999 European Championship — 1st place
1999 World Cup — 2nd place
2000 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
2000 Olympic Games — 2nd place
2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
2001 European Championship — 1st place
2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place
2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
2002 World Championship — 3rd place
2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
2004 Olympic Games — 2nd place
2008 Olympic Games — 5th place
2012 Olympic Games — 5th place

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

Yevgeniya Estes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

External links

Evgenya Artamonova at the International Olympic Committee
Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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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