Natalya Safronova

Natalya Safronova (born 6 February 1979,[1] in Krasnoyarsk), is a volleyball player from Russia. During her time playing with the Russian club Zarechie Odintsovo, she won the "Best Attacker" award at the 2006–07 CEV Cup.[2]

Not to be confused with Natallia Safronava.
Natalya Safronova
Personal information
Full nameNatalya Safronova
NationalityRussian
Born (1979-02-06) 6 February 1979
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Spike312 cm (123 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubRussia Zarechie Odintsovo
Number7
National team
1997–2009Russia Russia
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Team
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place1997 Osaka/Hiroshima/TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2001 Saitama/FukuokaTeam
Volleyball World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 1997 Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Team
European Volleyball Championship
Gold medal – first place 1997 Brno Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Rome/Perugia Team
Bronze medal – third place2005 Zagreb-PulaTeam
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Team
Last updated: March 2010

On 3 December 2009 she collapsed during training after suffering a stroke. She was in coma for 18 days and only regained her speech a year after the incident took place.[3]

She continues to recover from the stroke with her volleyball career likely to be over.

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. CEV. "Sirio Perugia wins CEV Cup after Champions League". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. Volleywood.net. "Safronova Can Talk Again". Retrieved 14 February 2013.


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