Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova ( (èðÃÂúþÃÂòð), also known as Lyubov Kñlñç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a Russian retired volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally, sheâÂÂs the only volleyball player who has won two world titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe
Personal life
She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kñlñç when she was playing for EczacñbaÃ
Âñ Istanbul. She has a son from her ex-husband. She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.
Career
Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe".
She won the 2006âÂÂ07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server".
Sokolova won gold medal at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Fenerbahçe, and 2 gold medals at the CEV Women's Champions League, 2004-05 with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo and 2011âÂÂ12 with Fenerbahçe.
In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports, but in December 2017 she returned to play for Dynamo Krasnodar. From 1 July 2018, she worked as the teamâÂÂs general manager, but in February 2019 she left this position and went to work for the Volley Service sports agency. In February 2021 she was appointed as the general manager of the Russian national team.
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
Clubs
- â Runner-Up, with
- 2001 Turkish Cup â Champion, with Eczacibasi Istanbul
- 2001 Turkish Championship â Champion, with Eczacibasi Istanbul
- 2003âÂÂ04 CEV Challenge Cup â Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2003âÂÂ04 Italian Championship â Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2004 Italian Super Cup â Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2004âÂÂ05 CEV Champions League â Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo
- 2006 Spanish Super Cup â Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
- 2007 Spanish Queen Cup â Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
- 2006âÂÂ07 Spanish Championship â Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
- 2006âÂÂ07 CEV Top Teams Cup â Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia
- 2007 Russian Cup â Champion, with Zarechie Odintsovo
- 2007âÂÂ08 Russian Championship â Champion, with Zarechie Odintsovo
- 2007âÂÂ08 CEV Champions League â Runner-Up, with Zarechie Odintsovo
- 2008âÂÂ09 Russian Championship â Runner-Up, with Zarechie Odintsovo
- 2010 Turkish Super Cup â Champion, with Fenerbahçe
- 2010 FIVB Club World Championship â Champion, with Fenerbahçe
- 2010âÂÂ11 CEV Champions League â Bronze medal, with Fenerbahçe
- 2010âÂÂ11 Aroma Women's Volleyball League â Champion, with Fenerbahçe
- 2011âÂÂ12 CEV Champions League â Champion, with Fenerbahçe Universal
- 2012 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup â Champion, with EczacñbaÃ
Âñ VitrA
- 2012âÂÂ13 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup â Runner-Up, with EczacñbaÃ
Âñ VitrA
- 2012âÂÂ13 Turkish Women's Volleyball League â Runner-Up, with EczacñbaÃ
Âñ VitrA
- 2014 Russian Cup â Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
- 2014âÂÂ2015 CEV Cup â Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
- 2015 Russian Cup â Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
- 2015 FIVB Club World Championship â Runner-Up, with Dinamo Krasnodar
- 2015âÂÂ2016 CEV Cup â Champion, with Dinamo Krasnodar
- 2015âÂÂ16 Russian Championship â Bronze medal, with Dinamo Krasnodar
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