Vera Alexandrovna Vetrova, née Ulyakina (Russian: Ве́ра Алекса́ндровна Ве́трова, born 21 August 1986 in Gorky) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship in Japan,[1] the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix in China,[2] the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Italy and Serbia,[3] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
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| Full name | Vera Alexandrovna Vetrova (Ulyakina) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1986 Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 298 cm (117 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 293 cm (115 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||
| Current club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 (club and national team) | ||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 20 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||
At club level, she played for Indesit (then called Stinol) and Dinamo Kazan before joining Dinamo Moscow in 2011.[5][6]
Personal life
editShe is married to Andrey Vetrov and due to her pregnancy she was out on maternity leave for most of 2012 and early 2013. On 1 November 2012 she gave birth to a boy named Nikolay.[7]
Clubs
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Stinol Lipetsk (2002–2009)- Dinamo Kazan (2009–2011)
- Dynamo Moscow (2011–present)
Awards
editNational team
editSenior
edit- 2010 FIVB World Championship –
Gold medal
Clubs
edit- 2010 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan)
- 2010–11 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Kazan)
- 2011 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2011–12 Russian Championship –
Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow) - 2013 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2013–14 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2014–15 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2015–16 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2016 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
- 2016–17 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
References
edit- ^ "Profile – Japan 2010". FIVB. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – World Grand Prix 2011". FIVB. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Russia - Team details - 2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship". CEV. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile". VolleyService.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile". komanda2016.ru (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Безъязычный, Алексей (5 March 2013). Вера Ветрова: "О Лондоне не жалею. О Рио - мечтаю". Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
External links
edit- Profile at CEV
- Profile (in Russian) at Women's Volleyball Club Dinamo (Moscow)