Yevgeniya Artamonova

Yevgeniya Artamonova
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 Competitor for  Soviet Union Bronze 1991 Japan Team Competition Competitor for  Russia Silver 1999 Japan Team Competition Olympic Games Competitor for the  Unified Team Silver 1992 Barcelona Team Competition Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney Team Competition Silver 2004 Athens Team Competition FIVB World Championship Bronze 1994 Brazil Team Competition Bronze 1998 Japan Team Competition Bronze 2002 Germany Team Competition FIVB World Grand Prix Gold 1997 Kobe Team Competition Gold 1999 Yuxi Team Competition Gold 2002 Hong Kong Team Competition Silver 1998 Hong Kong Team Competition Silver 2000 Manila Team Competition Silver 2003 Andria Team Competition Bronze 1993 Shanghai Team Competition Bronze 1996 Shanghai Team Competition Bronze 2001 Macau Team Competition European Championship Gold 1993 Brno-Zlin Team Competition Gold 1997 Brno Team Competition Gold 1999 Rome Team Competition Gold 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

v t e Russia – 1996 Summer Olympics Marina Nikulina Irina Ilchenko Valentina Ogienko Yelena Godina Yevgeniya Estes Elena Batukhtina Liubov Sokolova Yulia Timonova Natalya Morozova Tatyana Gracheva Tatiana Menshova Elizaveta Tishchenko

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Borodakova 3 Alimova 4 Fateeva 5 Sokolova 6 Godina 8 Estes 11 Gamova 12 Sheshenina 14 Kabeshova 15 Pasynkova 16 Merkulova 18 Akulova Coach: Caprara

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Borodakova 3 Perepelkina 4 Estes 5 Sokolova 6 Matienko 7 Kryuchkova 8 Obmochaeva 11 Gamova 13 Startseva 14 Kabeshova 15 Kosheleva 16 Merkulova Coach: Ovchinnikov