Yuliya Saltsevich

Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich (Russian: Ю́лия Алекса́ндровна Салце́вич; born May 12, 1967 in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a retired Russian female volleyball player who was a member of the USSR women's volleyball team from 1985 to 1986.[2] She was a member of the Soviet squad that won the gold medal at the 1985 European Championship in Netherlands and the gold medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow.[2][3][4] She was also part of the Soviet team that took the 6th place in the 1986 World Championship in Prague.[2]

Yuliya Saltsevich
Personal information
Full name	Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1967-05-12) 12 May 1967 Riga, Latvian SSR
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Career
Years Teams 1983–1988 CSKA Moscow 1992–1993 Panathinaikos Athens 1993–1995 Olympiacos Piraeus 1995–1997 Panathinaikos Athens 1999–2005 Filathlitikos Thessaloniki
Honours Women's Volleyball Representing the  Soviet Union European Championship 1985 Netherlands Team competition Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Team competition

On club level, Saltsevich played for CSKA Moscow from 1983 to 1988, winning 1 CEV Champions Cup (1985–86), 1 CEV Cup Winners' Cup (1987–88), 1 USSR Championship (1984–85) and 1 USSR Cup (1984).[2] She was also part of the Moscow team that won the gold medal at the 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.[2] In 1988, Saltsevich suffered a very serious spinal injury that kept her out of action for four years.[2] Nevertheless, she fully recovered and enjoyed a successful career in Greece where she played for Panathinaikos (1992–1993, 1995–1996), Olympiacos (1993–1995)[5] and Filathlitikos (1999–2005), winning 2 Greek Championships.[2][6]

After her retirement in 2005, she became a volleyball coach. She coached Filathlitikos (2005–2006)[7] and SDUSHOR-65 Nika (2007–2009) and in 2009 she became head coach of Anorthosis Famagusta.[2] Under her guidance, Anorthosis won the Cypriot Championship and the Cypriot Cup in 2009–10 season.[8][9]