TEAM COMPOSITION

RUS / Russia - Team Composition

Team manager	Erkhov Andrey
Head coach	Ovchinnikov Sergey
Assistant coach	Kurnosov Igor
Doctor	Klimovskiy Pavel
Therapist / trainer	Semenychev Nikolay
Journalist	Anfinogentov Andrei

	No.	Name	Lastname	Shirt Name	Birthdate	Height	Weight	Spike	Block
C	1	Maria	Borisenko	Borodakova	08.03.1986	190	80	301	297
	2	Lesya	Makhno	Makhno	04.09.1981	188	73	310	305
	3	Maria	Perepelkina	Perepelkina	09.03.1984	187	72	304	300
	4	Evgenia	Estes	Estes	17.07.1975	191	75	315	306
	5	Liubov	Shashkova	Sokolova	04.12.1977	192	72	315	307
	6	Anna	Matienko	Matienko	12.07.1981	182	68	298	292
L	7	Svetlana	Kryuchkova	Kryuchkova	21.02.1985	174	63	290	286
	8	Nataliya	Goncharova	Obmochaeva	01.06.1989	194	75	315	306
	9	Regina	Moroz	Moroz	14.01.1987	188	70	310	303
	10	Elena	Konstantinova	Konstantinova	25.08.1981	190	74	310	304
	11	Ekaterina	Gamova	Gamova	17.10.1980	202	80	321	310
	12	Yana	Shcherban	Shcherban	06.09.1989	185	71	298	294
	13	Evgeniya	Startseva	Startseva	12.02.1989	185	68	294	290
	14	Ekaterina	Kabeshova	Ulanova	05.08.1986	172	61	298	290
	15	Tatiana	Kosheleva	Kosheleva	23.12.1988	191	67	315	305
	16	Iuliia	Merkulova	Merkulova	17.02.1984	202	75	317	308
L	17	Victoria	Kuzyakina	Kuzyakina	01.06.1985	175	70	290	287
	18	Marina	Akulova	Akulova	13.12.1985	181	70	303	290
	19	Victoriia	Chaplina	Chaplina	23.10.1988	188	77	301	295

C=Captain L=Libero

Team profile

The team was founded in 1949 and until 1991 played as the USSR. That changed to the CIS in 1992 before becoming Russia in 1993.

They have won the Olympic title four times, the World Championship six times, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup once, the World Grand Prix three times and European Championship 17 times.

The team took silver at the 2004 Olympic Games after which a number of changes took place, leading to a great 2006, which was one of the most successful for the Russian team in recent times; they placed second in the World Grand Prix before winning the World Championship.

But they were unable to maintain their form, and after the Olympic Games in 2008, a number of young players were drafted into the team.

The respected Vladimir Kuzyutkin was brought in as coach to guide the team toward the 2012 Olympic Games and the team soon started to improve, taking second place in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix.

They went even better in 2010 when they took gold at the World Championship, remaining undefeated in the tournament. Tatiana Kosheleva was named Best Spiker and Ekaterina Gamova was voted MVP.

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