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Ekaterina Orlova
Ekaterina Orlova (born 21 October 1987) is a former Russian female volleyball player, playing as a middle-blocker. She was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. She won the gold medal at the 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyba .... On club level she plays for Volero Zurich, in Switzerland. References External links * 1987 births Living people Middle blockers Russian women's volleyball players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Sportspeople from Kaliningrad 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokomotiv Kaliningrad
Lokomotiv often refers to: *Lokomotiv (sports society), formerly Soviet Union, now Commonwealth of Independent States Lokomotiv may also refer to: Association football *FC Lokomotiv Chita, Russia *FC Lokomotiv Liski, Russia *FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia *FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, Russia *FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg, Russia * Lokomotiv Cove FC, Australia aka The Trains *Lokomotiv-Bilajary FK, Azerbaijan *PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Bulgaria *FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria *FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia, Bulgaria *FC Lokomotiv Ruse, Bulgaria *FC Lokomotiv Dryanovo, Bulgaria *FC Lokomotiv Mezdra, Bulgaria *NK Lokomotiva, Croatia *FC Locomotive Tbilisi, Georgia *FC Lokomotíva Košice, Slovakia *1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, Germany *Locomotiva Bălți, Moldova *Lokomotiv Tashkent FK, Uzbekistan *FC Lokomotyv Kyiv, Ukraine *FK Lokomotiva Skopje, Macedonia *El Paso Locomotive FC, United States Other sports * HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, a Russian hockey team *VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VK Omichka
VK, Vk or vk may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Visual kei, a movement among Japanese musicians * Voight-Kampff machine, in the science fiction film ''Blade Runner'' * ''de Volkskrant'', a Dutch daily newspaper * ''Vedanta Kesari'', an English-language monthly magazine in India Companies * VK (company), a Russian internet company ** VK (service), a Russian social network * VK Mobile, a Korean mobile phone manufacturer * Air Nigeria (former IATA code: VK), a 2004–2012 airline * Level Europe (former IATA code: VK), a 2017–2020 Austrian airline Science and technology * Akai VK, a portable helical scan EIA video VTR * Holden Commodore (VK), a 1984–1986 model of GM Holden's Commodore car * Vulkan, a 3D graphics and computing standard Other uses * VK (drink), an alcopop sold in the UK * ''Versuchskampffahrzeug'', a designation of some German tanks * Vertical kilometer, an uphill mountain running race * VK, the prefix of amateur radio call signs allocated to Australian operato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VC Proton Saratov
VC may refer to: Military decorations * Victoria Cross, a military decoration awarded by the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations ** Victoria Cross for Australia ** Victoria Cross (Canada) ** Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Victorious Cross, Idi Amin's self-bestowed military decoration Organisations * Ocean Airlines (IATA airline designator 2003-2008), Italian cargo airline * Voyageur Airways (IATA airline designator since 1968), Canadian charter airline * Visual Communications, an Asian-Pacific-American media arts organization in Los Angeles, California * Viet Cong, a political and military organization during the Vietnam War (1959–1975) Education * Vanier College, Canada * Vassar College, US * Velez College, Philippines * Virginia College, US * Ventura College, US Places * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (ISO country code) * Sri Lanka (ICAO airport prefix code) * Watsonian vice-counties, subdivisions of Great Britain or Ireland * Ventura County, in Southern Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia Women's National Volleyball Team
The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Volleyball Federation suspended all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials, as well as beach and snow volleyball athletes, from all events. The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) also banned all Russian national teams, clubs, and officials from participating in European competition, and suspended all members of Russia from their respective functions in CEV organs. Major world titles USSR # – 4 major titles in row in late 1960s - early 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games) Russia Results Olympic Games ;Soviet Union * 1964 – Silver medal * 1968 – Gold medal * 1972 – Gold medal * 1976 – Silver medal * 1980 – Gold medal * 1988 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 23rd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 26 June to 2 August 2015. This was the first time that the Group 1 final round was held in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Qualification * All 28 teams of the 2014 edition directly qualified. * withdrew from the tournament. * qualified through the 2014 Pan-American Cup. Format * The second time, the World Grand Prix will feature 28 teams. * During the Intercontinental Round, Pools A to O will play matches in three stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 9 matches per team. Pool P to S will feature two stand-alone tournaments, for a total of 6 matches per team. * Six teams will qualify for the World Grand Prix Finals featuring the top five teams from all matches (if the hosts are one of the top five teams, then the sixth top team also participates). * The last ranked team of Group 1 after the Intercontinental Round could be re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted by Netherlands and Belgium from 26 September to 4 October 2015. The championship managers were the Dutch Olympic gold volleyball medalist Peter Blange and the former Belgian volleyball player Virginie De Carne. Russia defeated Netherlands 3–0 in the final to capture their 19th title, while Tatiana Kosheleva was elected most valuable player back to back. Qualification Format The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the sixteen participants were divided in four groups of four teams each. A Round-robin tournament, single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams group position (as per criteria below). The three best teams of each group (total of 12 teams) progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Middle Blockers
Middle or The Middle may refer to: * Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits. Places * Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man * Middle Bay (other) * Middle Brook (other) * Middle Creek (other) * Middle Island (other) * Middle Lake (other) * Middle Mountain, California * Middle Peninsula, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia * Middle Range, a former name of the Xueshan Range on Taiwan Island * Middle River (other) * Middle Rocks, two rocks at the eastern opening of the Straits of Singapore * Middle Sound, a bay in North Carolina * Middle Township (other) * Middle East Music * "Middle" (song), 2015 * "The Middle" (Jimmy Eat World song), 2001 * "The Middle" (Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey song), 2018 *"Middle", a song by Rocket from the Crypt from their 1995 album ''Scream, Dracula, Scream!'' *"The Middle", a song by Demi Lovato from their debut album ''Don't Forget'' *"The Middle", a song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
