Nataliya Olegovna Goncharova (, born 1 June 1989), from 2012 to 2016 Obmochaeva,
is a Russian
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 Summ ...
player. She played for the
Ukraine women's national volleyball team until 2010 when she became part of the
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 ...
.
Career
She played with the Ukrainian team at the 2005
Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship,
the 2006
Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship,
[ the 2007 Junior World Championship, the qualification for the ]Women's European Volleyball Championship
The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...
(in 2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
and 2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
), and the qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
With Russia, she was part of the teams which played the 2013 Summer Universiade
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in Kazan, the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...
(in 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
, 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
),[ the ]European Championships
A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
(in 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
),[ the ]FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
The FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was var ...
(in 2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
, 2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
), the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, FIVB Women's World Cup was held from August 22 to September 6 in Japan. The tournament was a qualification process for the Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2016 Summer Olymp ...
in Japan, and the Olympic Games
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of London 2012
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, Rio 2016
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. and Tokyo 2020
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.
At club level, she played for University (in Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...
) and Regina (in Rivne
Rivne ( ; , ) is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the Rivne Raion (district) within the oblast. ) before moving to Dynamo Moscow in 2007.[ Goncharova has been chosen the best player of the ]Russian Super League
The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...
three times (in 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17).
Personal life
In 2012, she married Russian volleyball player Aleksey Obmochaev. However, they divorced in January 2016.[
]
Awards
Individuals
* '' 2013 Summer Universiade "Most valuable player"''
* '' 2013 Summer Universiade "Best spiker"''
* '' 2015 FIVB Grand Prix "Best opposite"''
* '' 2015 FIVB World Cup "Best opposite"''
* '' 2016 Women's European qualification "MVP"''
* '' 2019 FIVB World Cup "Best scorer"''
* ''2020 Russian Championship "Best scorer"''
* ''2014-15 Russian Championship "Best player"''
* ''2015-16 Russian Championship "Best player"''
* ''2016-17 Russian Championship "Best player"''
* ''2017-18 Russian Championship "Best player"''
* ''2018-19 Russian Championship "Best player"''
National team
Junior
* 2005 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship –
Gold medal (with Ukraine)
* 2006 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship –
Bronze medal (with Ukraine)
* 2013 Universiade –
Gold medal (with Russia)
Senior
* 2010 FIVB World Championship –
Gold medal (with Russia)
* 2013 European Championship –
Gold medal (with Russia)
* 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix
The 2014 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 22nd edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 28 countries from 25 July to 24 August 2014. The Group 1 final round was held in Tokyo, Japan. The Brazilian star te ...
–
Bronze medal (with Russia)
* 2015 FIVB 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 ...
–
Silver medal (with Russia)
* 2015 European Championship –
Gold medal (with Russia)
* 2019 World Cup -
Bronze medal (with Russia)
Clubs
* 2007 Russian Cup –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2007–08 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2008 Russian Cup –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2008–09 Russian Championship –
Champion (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2008–09 CEV Women's Champions League –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2009 Russian Cup –
Champion (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2009–10 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2010–11 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2011 Russian Cup –
Champion (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2011–12 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2012 Russian Cup –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2012–13 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2013 Russian Cup –
Champion (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2013–14 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2014–15 Russian Championship –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2015–16 Russian Championship –
Champion (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2016 Russian Cup –
Runner-Up (with Dinamo Moscow)
* 2016–17 Russian Championship –
Champion(with Dinamo Moscow)
References
External links
Profile
at CEV
Profile
at Women's Volleyball Club Dinamo (Moscow)
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1989 births
Living people
Ukrainian women's volleyball players
Russian women's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for Russia
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Lviv Oblast
Opposite hitters
21st-century Russian sportswomen
21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen