Natalia Hanikoğlu

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Natalia Hanikoğlu
Personal information
Nationality Russia  Turkey
BornNatalya Nikolaevna Belyaeva
(1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 (age 48)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Spike308 cm (121 in)
Block302 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubBeşiktaş Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
Number7
National team
1994–99
1999-08
Russia Russia
Turkey Turkey
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Turkey
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Turkey 2003 Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeria Team

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.

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  1. ^ Natalia Hanikoğlu Galatasaray Medical Park'ta(in Turkish)
  2. ^ Natalia get TR citizenship
  3. ^ "Natalia-Hakan Hanikoğlu". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Natalia-Hakan Hanikoğlu have has a daughter". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

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