Ekaterina Vadimovna Ulanova

Ekaterina Vadimovna Ulanova
portrait
Date of birth	5th August 1986
place of birth	Ivanovo, Soviet Union
size	1.72 m
position	Libero
societies
2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 since 2010	Olympia Schuja VK Dynamo Moscow VK CSKA Moscow Leningradka Saint Petersburg VK Dynamo Krasnodar VK Dynamo Kazan
National team
2003-2005 since 2005	Junior national team A national team
successes
2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2012	Russian runner-up European championship third Russian champions finalist Top Teams Cup Russian runner-up championship finalist Top Teams cup European championship third Olympic fifth third Challenge Cup finalist Grand Prix Russian cup winner World champion Russian master Russian master Olympic fifth
As of August 25, 2012

Jekaterina Vadimovna Ulanova ( Russian Екатери́на Вади́мовна Ула́нова , English transcription: Yekaterina Vadimovna Ulanova ; born August 5, 1986 in Ivanovo as Jekaterina Wadimowna Kabeschowa ) is a Russian volleyball player .

Career

Ulanova began her career in a sports school in her hometown. In 2001 she went to Olympia Schuja . She took part in several tournaments with the Russian juniors and was third in the 2004 European Championship. In the same year she moved to VK Dynamo Moscow . There she was the Russian runner-up in the first season. The Libera made their debut in the senior team , with which they finished third at the European Championships . In 2006 Dynamo won the league title and reached the final of the Top Teams Cup . She then moved to local rivals VK ZSKA Moscow , who became runner-up in 2007 and also reached the final in the Top Teams Cup. With the national team, Ulanowa repeated third place at the European Championships . After that she went to Leningradka Saint Petersburg . With the club she was third in the Challenge Cup in 2009 . The national team reached the final of the Grand Prix in the same year . In the 2009/10 season Ulanowa played for VK Dynamo Krasnodar and won the Russian Cup. In Japan, she became world champion with Russia in 2010 by beating Brazil in the final . She has been playing for VK Dynamo Kazan since 2010 . With the club she became Russian champions in 2011 and 2012. In London, Ulanova took part in the 2012 Olympic Games and came in fifth after the quarter-finals with Russia.

Web links

• Ekaterina Vadimowna Ulanowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at Dynamo Kazan (English)