Yuliya Saltsevich
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| Full name | Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 May 1967 Riga, Latvian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich (Russian: Ю́лия Алекса́ндровна Салце́вич; born May 12, 1967, in Riga, Latvian SSR) is a retired Russian female volleyball player who was a member of the USSR women's volleyball team from 1985 to 1986.[2] She was a member of the Soviet squad that won the gold medal at the 1985 European Championship in Netherlands and the gold medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow.[2][3][4] She was also part of the Soviet team that took the 6th place in the 1986 World Championship in Prague.[2]
On club level, Saltsevich played for CSKA Moscow from 1983 to 1988, winning 1 CEV Champions Cup (1985–86), 1 CEV Cup Winners' Cup (1987–88), 1 USSR Championship (1984–85) and 1 USSR Cup (1984).[2] She was also part of the Moscow team that won the gold medal at the 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.[2] In 1988, Saltsevich suffered a very serious spinal injury that kept her out of action for four years.[2] Nevertheless, she fully recovered and enjoyed a successful career in Greece where she played for Panathinaikos (1992–1993, 1995–1996), Olympiacos (1993–1995)[5] and Filathlitikos (1999–2005), winning 2 Greek Championships.[2][6]
After her retirement in 2005, she became a volleyball coach. She coached Filathlitikos (2005–2006)[7] and SDUSHOR-65 Nika (2007–2009) and in 2009 she became head coach of Anorthosis Famagusta.[2] Under her guidance, Anorthosis won the Cypriot Championship and the Cypriot Cup in 2009–10 season.[8][9]
Sporting achievements
[edit]Player
[edit]Clubs
[edit]- CEV Champions Cup
1985/1986 with CSKA Moscow
- CEV Cup Winners' Cup
- 1987/1988 with CSKA Moscow
- USSR Championship
- 1984–85 with CSKA Moscow
- USSR Cup
- 1984 with CSKA Moscow
- Greek Championship
- 1992–93 with Panathinaikos
- 2002–03
National Team
[edit]Coach
[edit]- Cyprus Championship
- 2009–10 with Anorthosis Famagusta
- Cyprus Cup
- 2009–10 with Anorthosis Famagusta
References
[edit]- ^ Ιουλία Σάλτσεβιτς 1.97. greekvolley.gr (in Greek)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Yuliya Aleksandrovna Saltsevich biography. infosport.ru (in Russian)
- ^ Malolepszy, Tomasz (2013). European Volleyball Championship Results: Since 1948: page 127. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810887855. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1986". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Αφιέρωμα στο γυναικείο τμήμα βόλεϊ του Ολυμπιακού. volleynews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Ο πρωταθλητής Φιλαθλητικός που δεν υπάρχει πια. volleynews1.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ «Τέλος» η Σάλτσεβιτς. sport-fm.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Ανασκόπηση των τίτλων στην Γυναικεία Πετόσφαιρα. anorthosis24.net (in Greek). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ ΑΕΛ-Ανόρθωση: Που θα πάει η κούπα. sigmalive.com (in Greek). Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- interview at sentragoal.gr (in Greek)
- Волейбол: Энциклопедия / Сост. В. Л. Свиридов, О. С. Чехов. — Томск: Компания «Янсон», 2001. (in Russian)
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Riga
- Panathinaikos women's volleyball players
- Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball) players
- Soviet women's volleyball players
- Russian women's volleyball players
- Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen