Yevgeniya Estes

Yevgeniya Estes
Personal information
Born	(1975-07-17) 17 July 1975 Soviet Union Sverdlovsk
National team
Soviet Union CIS Russia
Honours Women's Volleyball FIVB World Cup Representing Soviet Union 1991 Japan Team Competition Representing Russia 1999 Japan Team Competition Olympic Games Representing the  Unified Team 1992 Barcelona Team Competition Representing Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team Competition 2004 Athens Team Competition FIVB World Championship 1994 Brazil Team Competition 1998 Japan Team Competition 2002 Germany Team Competition FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe Team Competition 1999 Yuxi Team Competition 2002 Hong Kong Team Competition 1998 Hong Kong Team Competition 2000 Manila Team Competition 2003 Andria Team Competition 1993 Shanghai Team Competition 1996 Shanghai Team Competition 2001 Macau Team Competition European Championship 1993 Brno-Zlin Team Competition 1997 Brno Team Competition 1999 Rome Team Competition 2001 Sofia-Varna Team Competition

Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (Russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес), née Artamonova (Артамонова) (born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian female volleyball player, who was a member of the national team and the only one of all volleyball players 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 Cup – 3rd place
• 1992 Olympic Games – 2nd place
• 1993 European Championship – 1st place
• 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix – 3rd place
• 1994 World Championship - 3rd place
• 1995 European Championship – 3rd place
• 1996 Olympic Games – 4th place
• 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix – 3rd place
• 1997 World Grand Champions Cup – 1st place
• 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix – 1st place
• 1997 European Championship – 1st place
• 1998 World Championship – 3rd place
• 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix – 2nd place
• 1999 World Cup – 2nd place
• 1999 European Championship – 1st place
• 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix – 1st place
• 2000 Olympic Games – 2nd place
• 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix – 2nd place
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup – 2nd place
• 2001 European Championship – 1st place
• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix – 3rd place
• 2002 World Championship – 3rd place
• 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix – 1st 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

• 1997 World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 1999 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2002 World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"

References

• sports-reference