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Lyubov Sokolova (volleyball)

Lyubov Sokolova
Lyubov Kılıç 3.jpg
Personal information
Full name Lyubov Sokolova
Nickname Lyuba
Nationality

 Russia

 Turkey
Born (1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 39)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Spike 315 cm (124 in)
Block 307 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing Spiker
Current club Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
1996–2016 Russia
Last updated: May 2016

 Russia

Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova) (born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball player who played for Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at 2006 and 2010 World Championship in Japan and the silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul and she has a son called Daniel Shashkov (from her ex-husband). She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.

Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe".

She won the 2006–07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server".

Lyubov won the bronze medal at the 2010–11 CEV Champions League with Fenerbahçe.


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