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Eva Yaneva
Personal information
Born (1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 38)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Positionoutside hitter
Current club Volero Le Cannet
Number8
National team
Bulgaria

Eva Yaneva ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Ева Янева, born 31 July 1985 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player. She currently plays for Volero Le Cannet in France.

Career

She started playing volleyball in 1996 at the age of 11 with CSKA Sofia. [1]

Yaneva has played for teams that finished 7th and 8th in the 2004 and 2006 European Championships, respectively; the 2006 champion of the French Cup; and three champions of Bulgaria.

National team

Yaneva is a key player for the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and has captained it on occasions. In 2011, she was banned from participating in the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship due to supposed disciplinary breaches, [2] but has since then been reinstated to the national side and continues to be a regular for the team. [3] She competed at the 2021 Women's European Volleyball League, winning a gold medal. [4]

Clubs

Awards

National team

Women's European Volleyball League

Boris Yeltsin Volleyball Cup

Individual Awards

References

  1. ^ "Конете са голямата любов на Ева Янева. Цялото семейство сме скиори, признава волейболистката" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 2009-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  2. ^ "Страшимира Филипова наследи Ева Янев като капитан на националния отбор". sportal.bg. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  3. ^ "Реабилитираха Ева Янева, новият наставник избра 16 имена". topsport.bg. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". www-old.cev.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-22.

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