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Maria Likhtenstein

Maria Likhtenstein

Russian-Croatian volleyball player

Maria Likthtenchtein, also spelled Likhtenstein or Liechtenstein (Russian: Мария Лихтенштейн, Croatian: Marija Lihtenštajn, born 7 February 1976) is a retired female volleyball player who played for the Russian (1993–1996) and the Croatian (1997–2007) national volleyball teams. She played for clubs in Russia, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Turkey.[1] Her retirement was announced in 2013, she won club and national team titles during her career.[2]

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Career

Club

Her club career spanned in Russia, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Turkey. She won the Russian Super League on five occasions, all with Uralochka Ekaterinburg and has also won the Croatian League and the Belgian League.[1][2]

National teams

She was part of the Russia women's national volleyball team champion at the 1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship[3][4] and third place at the 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[4]

From 1997 onwards she competed for the Croatia women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan[5] and the runners-up team at the 1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[6]

Clubs

This is an incomplete list of the clubs she played for.[7][8]

References

  1. [1]
    АНФИНОГЕНТОВ, Андрей (7 February 2011). "Мария Лихтенштейн: "Прошусь в сборную - не наигралась!"". Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    АНФИНОГЕНТОВ, Андрей (2 May 2013). "Лихтенштейн завершила карьеру". Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 - Teams Composition. - Russia". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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    АНФИНОГЕНТОВ, Андрей (10 September 2013). "Екатерина Панкова: "Разорвать блок - мой конек"". Sport Express (in Russian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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    "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1998 - Teams Composition. - Croatia". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. [6]
    "ŽENSKA SENIORSKA REPREZENTACIJA (Section 'Najbolji uspjesi Hrvatske ženske odbojkaške reprezentacije: 3.Sastav EP 1999. godine – srebrna medalja')". HOS-CVF (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Maria Likthtenchtein - History". CEV. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. [8]
    "Maria Likhtenchtein". legavolleyfemminile.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.



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