Anna Podkopaeva

Anna Podkopaeva
Personal information
Full name	Anna Nicolaevna Malova
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34) Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Spike	287 cm (113 in)
Block	280 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	WVC Dynamo Kazan
Number	19 (club and national team)
National team
2013–2016, 2020– Russia
Honours Women's volleyball Representing Russia FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 Omaha Team 2014 Tokyo Team European Championship 2013 Germany/Switzerland Team 2015 Netherlands/Belgium Team
Last updated: 21 January 2017

Anna Nicolaevna Podkopaeva (Russian: А́нна Никола́евна Подкопаева, born 16 April 1990 in Ulyanovsk, née Malova (Russian: Мало́ва)) is a Russian volleyball player. She is a member of the Russia women's national volleyball team and participated in several international competitions including: 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan,[1] the Montreux Volley Masters (in 2013, 2014),[2][3] the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016),[4] the European Championships (in 2013, 2015),[5] the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy,[6] the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan,[7] and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

At club level, she played for Iskra Samara and Ufimochka before joining Dinamo Moscow in January 2014.[9][10]

Clubs

• Iskra Samara (2007–2009)
• Ufimochka (2009–2014)
• Dinamo Moscow (2014–2018)
• WVC Dynamo Kazan (2018–2022)
• Dinamo Moscow (2022–2023)

Awards

Individuals

• 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Libero"
• 2015 European Championship "Best Libero"

National team

Junior

• 2013 Universiade – Gold medal

Senior

• 2013 Montreux Volley Masters – Silver medal
• 2013 Boris Yeltsin Cup – Gold medal
• 2013 European Championship – Gold medal
• 2014 Montreux Volley Masters – Bronze medal
• 2014 FIVB World Grand Prix – Bronze medal
• 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix – Silver medal
• 2015 European Championship – Gold medal

Clubs

• 2013 Russian Cup – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
• 2013–14 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
• 2014–15 Russian Championship – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
• 2015–16 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
• 2016 Russian Cup – Silver medal (with Dinamo Moscow)
• 2016–17 Russian Championship – Gold medal (with Dinamo Moscow)

References

1. "2013 Summer Universiade - Women Volleyball - Gold medal match report" (PDF). 2013 Summer Universiade. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
2. "2013 Montreux Volley Masters - Final - Match report". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
3. "2014 Montreux Volley Masters - Third place - Match report". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
4. "Profile – World Grand Prix 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
5. "Profile". CEV. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
6. "Profile – Italy 2014". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
7. "Profile – World Cup 2015". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
8. "Profile – Rio 2016". FIVB. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
9. "Profile". VolleyService.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
10. "Profile". komanda2016.ru (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

External links

• Anna Podkopaeva at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Profile at Women's Volleyball Club Dinamo (Moscow) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-28) (in Russian)
• Anna Podkopaeva at Olympics.com
• Anna Podkopaeva at Olympedia (archive)

Awards
Preceded by Yūko Sano	Best Libero of FIVB World Grand Prix 2015	Succeeded by Lin Li