Yevgeniya Estes

Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes (Russian: Евге́ния Ви́кторовна Э́стес, born 17 July 1975 in Sverdlovsk), née Artamonova (Артамонова), is a Russian female volleyball player, who was a member of the national team and one of only two volleyball players (along with Sergey Tetyukhin) that competed consecutively in six Olympic Games and took the silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Yevgeniya Estes
Personal information
Full name	Yevgeniya Viktorovna Estes
Born	Yevgeniya Viktorovna Artamonova (1975-07-17) 17 July 1975 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Career
Years Teams 1991—1995 1995—1999 1999—2000 2000—2001 2001—2002 2002—2004 2004—2006 2006—2007 2007—2012 Uralochka Ekaterinburgo Okisu Toyobo Eczacıbaşı Istanbul Virtus Reggio Calabria Uralochka-NTMK Takefuji Bamboo Volero Zurich Takefuji Bamboo Uralochka-NTMK
National team
1991 1992 1993—2012  Soviet Union  Unified Team  Russia
Honours Women’s volleyball Representing  Soviet Union World Cup 1991 Japan Team World U20 Championship 1991 Czechoslovakia Under-20 Representing  CIS ( Unified Team) Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team European Junior Championship 1992 Greece Under-19 Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 1994 Brazil Team 1998 Japan Team 2002 Germany Team World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team 2001 Japan Team 1993 Japan Team Goodwill Games 1994 St. Petersburg Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe Team 1999 Yu Xi Team 2002 Hong Kong Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 2000 Manila Team 2003 Andria Team 1993 Hong Kong Team 1996 Shangai Team 2001 Macau Team European Championship 1993 Czech Republic Team 1997 Czech Republic Team 1999 Italy Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 1995 Netherlands Team World U20 Championship 1995 Thailand Under-20

She also won the Most Beautiful Women Volleyball Player Award, which was held on the occasion of FIVB World Grand Champions Cup 1993 and sponsored by Japanese Monthly Volleyball Magazine. As a member of TOYOBO, she won the first runner-up of "Miss V-League".

Honors

• 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place
• 1991 World Cup — 3rd place
• 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place
• 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place
• 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 1993 European Championship — 1st place
• 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 3rd place
• 1994 Goodwill Games — 1st place
• 1994 World Championship — 3rd place
• 1995 World Under-20 Championship — 3rd place
• 1995 European Championship — 3rd place
• 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 1996 Olympic Games — 4th place
• 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
• 1997 European Championship — 1st place
• 1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place
• 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
• 1998 World Championship — 3rd place
• 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
• 1999 European Championship — 1st place
• 1999 World Cup — 2nd place
• 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
• 2000 Olympic Games — 2nd place
• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 2001 European Championship — 1st place
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place
• 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
• 2002 World Championship — 3rd place
• 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
• 2004 Olympic Games — 2nd place
• 2008 Olympic Games — 5th place
• 2012 Olympic Games — 5th place

Trivia

Aru-chan (Evguenia's nickname in Japan) On the court, she rarely shows her feelings, which made Japanese media nickname her “Ice doll”.

During the Russia-Japan game of the World Grand Prix 1995 she fell down because of a knee injury. The knee was operated unsuccessfully on the previous year.

Individual awards

• 1997 World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 1999 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2002 World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"

References

• Yevgeniya Estes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

External links

• Evgenya Artamonova at the International Olympic Committee
• Yevgeniya Artamonova-Estes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Leila Barros Danielle Scott-Arruda	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 2002	Succeeded by Leila Barros Paola Cardullo