Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (, born 17 July 1975),

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player who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with

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) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games. She won silver medals at the

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. Estes was briefly unable to play in 1994 due to an injury requiring knee surgery. She quickly recovered and became a dominant force on the Russian national team, leading Russia to the gold medal at the

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. In 2018, Estes was inducted into the

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Honors

* 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place *

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— 2nd place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 1993 European Championship — 1st place * 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 3rd place *

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— 1st place * 1994 World Championship — 3rd place * 1995 World Under-20 Championship — 3rd place * 1995 European Championship — 3rd place *

1996 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fourth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Shanghai, PR China, from 27 to 29 September 1996. Prelimina ...

— 3rd place *

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

— 4th place * 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1997 European Championship — 1st place * 1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place *

1998 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix was the sixth women's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 21 August to 13 September 1998. The final round was staged in Hong Kong. Preliminary round Ranking The best four teams from ...

— 2nd place * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place *

1999 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix was the seventh women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over three weeks in four cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Yu Xi, PR China, from 27 to 29 August 1999. Teams Prelimin ...

— 1st place * 1999 European Championship — 1st place * 1999 World Cup — 2nd place *

2000 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix was the eighth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, PR China, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia, cumulating with the ...

— 2nd place *

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— 2nd place *

2001 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix was the ninth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. Teams Preliminary round Ranking First round Group A *Venue: Suphanburi, Thailand Group B *Venue: Kowloon, Hong Kong Second round Grou ...

— 3rd place * 2001 European Championship — 1st place * 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 2002 World Championship — 3rd place *

2003 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2003 edition was played by twelve countries from July 21 to August 3, 20 ...

— 2nd place *

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

— 2nd place *

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— 5th place *

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— 5th place

Individual awards

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

References

External links

International Volleyball Hall of Fame profile
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Volleybox.net profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Estes, Yevgeniya 1975 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Soviet women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for the Unified Team Olympic volleyball players for Russia Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Takefuji Bamboo players Volleyball players from Yekaterinburg Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball International Volleyball Hall of Fame inductees