Yevgenia Viktorovna Artamonova-Estes

Yevgenia Viktorovna Artamonova-Estes
portrait
Date of birth	17th July 1975
place of birth	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
size	1.91 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
1991–1995 1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2006 2007–2003	VK Uralotschka -NTMK Okisu Toyobo Eczacıbaşı Istanbul Virtus Reggio Calabria VK Uralotschka-NTMK Takefuji Bamboo VBC Voléro Zurich VK Uralotschka-NTMK
National team
1991-1992 1993-2012	Soviet Union / United Team Russia
successes
1991 1992-1995 1992 1993 1994, 1995 1995 1996 1997 1997 1998, 1999 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2003 2004 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2012	Third World Cup Russian champion Olympic silver European champion Champions League winner European Championship third Olympic fourth winner Grand Prix European champion Japanese master Grand Prix World Cup third winner Grand Prix European champion Second World Cup Turkish cup winner Turkish champion finalist Grand Prix Olympic silver Italian Cup winner Champions League finalist European champion Russian champion Winner Grand Prix World Cup third Japanese champion Finalist Grand Prix Olympic silver Swiss champion Olympic fifth Finalist CEV Cup Olympic fifth
As of April 14, 2020

Yevgenia Viktorovna Artamonova-Estes ( Russian Евгения Викторовна Артамонова-Эстес , English transcription: Yevgeniya Viktorovna Artamonova-Estes ; born July 17, 1975 in Sverdlovsk as Yevgenia Viktorovna Artamonova ) is a Russian volleyball player . She played in the national team back in the days of the Soviet Union. She won three silver medals in six Olympic Games. In addition, she was four times European champion. With her clubs she won the Champions League twice and numerous championship titles in different countries.

Career

Artamonowa-Estes began her career in 1991 at VK Uralotschka-NTMK . In the same year she made her debut in the national team and was third in the World Cup with the then Soviet Union . From 1992 to 1995 she won the national championship four times in a row with Uralotschka. At the 1992 Olympic Games she played for the United Team of the CIS and won the silver medal after losing 3-0 in the final against Cuba . In 1993, the outside attacker took third place in the Grand Prix with the Russian national team and then became European champion for the first time by beating the Czech Republic . With her club she won the Champions League final against HAOK Mladost Zagreb in 1994 . The following season the Uralochka defended the title in the final against Pallavolo Femminile Matera . At the European Championship in 1995 , Russia finished third.

Then Artamonowa-Estes moved to the Japanese league to Okisu Toyobo . With the national team, she came third at the 1996 Grand Prix . At the Olympic Games in Atlanta , the Russians just missed a medal by beating Brazil 2: 3 . In 1997, however, they won the Grand Prix and prevailed against Croatia in the final of the European Championship . In the next season, the outside attacker became Japanese champions with her club. Internationally there was a second place at the Grand Prix 1998 and a third place at the World Championship in Japan . In 1999 Okisu Toyobo repeated the success in the national league. Artamonowa-Estes won the Grand Prix with Russia and defended the title at the European Championships in Italy - again in the final against Croatia. Russia also came second in the World Cup . In the 1999/2000 season she played at Eczacıbaşı Istanbul and made the double from the cup and championship. After another second place in the Grand Prix , she reached the finals of the 2000 Olympic tournament with the national team and received the silver medal for the second time after beating Cuba 2: 3.

With the Italian club Virtus Reggio Calabria she won the national cup in 2001 and was in the Champions League final against league rivals Volley Modena . Russia took third place in the Grand Prix and again defended the title at the European Championships in Bulgaria by beating Italy in the final . Artamonowa-Estes then returned to the domestic league and was again Russian champions with Uralotschka. She won the Grand Prix for the third time with the national team and came third at the World Cup in Germany . From 2002 to 2004 she was active in Japan for Takefuji Bamboo and finished both seasons with the championship title. The national team came second at the 2003 Grand Prix . In Athens, the outside attacker took part in the Olympic Games for the fourth time and won her third silver medal after a 2: 3 in the final against China .

In 2005 and 2006 Artamonowa-Estes became Swiss champions twice with Voléro Zürich . After a year break, she returned to her hometown club Uralotschka in 2007. In the 2008 Olympic tournament she missed the semifinals for the first time when she participated for the fifth time; after being out of the quarter-finals against China, Russia finished fifth. In 2009 she reached the final of the CEV Cup against Asystel Volley Novara with the club . On the occasion of the Olympic Games in London , the outside attacker, who had actually resigned, was called back to the national team. Russia had to admit defeat to Brazil in the quarter-finals of the tournament and, like four years earlier, finished in fifth place.

Private

Artamonowa-Estes is married to the Hawaiian- born Jeremiah Oiaio Estes, who was an assistant coach at Uralotschka. The two have a son (* 2005).

Web links

• Yevgenia Wiktorowna Artamonowa-Estes in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at VK Uralotschka-NTMK (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Евгения Эстес (Артамонова): Я всегда стремилась к большему. BMSI, June 1, 2008, accessed August 24, 2012 .