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Natalia Hanikoğlu
Turkish-Russian volleyball player
Natalia Hanikoğlu (née Belyaeva, born 23 June 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Turkish-Russian volleyball player. She is 190 cm tall and plays as a middle blocker and outside hitter. She plays for Galatasaray Medical Park[1] and wears the number 7 jersey. She played over 100 times for the Russia national team, and when she received Turkish citizenship[2] after marrying Turkish former volleyball player Hakan Hanikoğlu,[3] she played over 200 times for the Turkey national team, too. She has a daughter whose name is Ela (meaning: Hazel) born in Moscow.[4]
She also played for CSKA Moscow, Zarechie Odintsovo in Russia, Ancona in Italy, Kocaelispor, Beşiktaş and Eczacıbaşı in Turkey.