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Russian volleyball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva (Russian: Татья́на Серге́евна Ко́шелева, born 23 December 1988) is a Russian volleyball player.[1] She was a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2010 World Championship, the 2013 European Championship and the 2015 European Championship.
Tatiana Kosheleva | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Full name | Tatiana Sergeyevna Kosheleva | ||||
Nickname | Tanya | ||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||
Born | Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 23 December 1988||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Megabox Volley Vallefoglia | ||||
Number | 15 | ||||
Career | |||||
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At club level, she played for Dinamo Moscow, Zarechie Odintsovo, Dinamo Kazan and Dinamo Krasnodar before joining Eczacıbaşı VitrA in 2016.[2][3]
Kosheleva led Dinamo Krasnodar with 37 points in the final match to win the 2014–15 CEV Cup gold medal and the Most Valuable Player award.[4] She scored 245 points leading all scorers in the six 2014/15 European Cups.[5] Her team earned a wild card from the FIVB[6] to play the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship, the club reached the final of the tournament and eventually lost the Turkish side Eczacibasi VitrA.[7] She was awarded Best Outside Spiker.[8]
On 20 October 2020, Galatasaray HDI Sigorta reintroduced former player Kosheleva. She will fight with the number 14 jersey in the 2020–21 season.[9]
As a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team, she participated in many competitions including the 2010 Montreux Volley Masters, the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[10] the European Championships (in 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015),[11] the World Championships (in 2010, 2014),[12] the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan,[13] and the Olympic Games of London 2012[14] and Rio 2016.[15]
She was won the Best Spiker award of the 2010 World Championship.[16] Besides the gold medal won at the 2013 European Championship, she was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the event.[17] Two years later at the 2015 European Championship, she got one better by winning the championship, the Most Valuable Player award and the Best Outside Spiker award.[18]
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