Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (Russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a retired Russian volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[1] Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won 2 World titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe

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Lyubov Sokolova
Lyubov Sokolova in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Lyubov Sokolova
Nickname	Lyuba
Nationality	Russia  Turkey
Born	(1977-12-04) 4 December 1977 (age 46) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Spike	315 cm (124 in)
Block	307 cm (121 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite / Outside hitter
National team
1996–2016  Russia
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2006 Japan Team 2010 Japan Team 1998 Japan Team FIVB World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1999 Yu Xi Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 2000 Manilla Team 2006 Reggio Calabria Team 1996 Shanghai Team 2001 Macau Team European Championship 1999 Italy Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team World U20 Championship 1995 Thailand Under-20 European Junior Championship 1994 Hungary Under-19
Last updated: May 2016

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She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul. She has a son from her ex-husband. She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.^{[citation needed]}

Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe".^[2]

She won the 2006–07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server".^[3]

Sokolova won gold medal at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Fenerbahçe, and 2 gold medals at the CEV Women's Champions League, 2004-05 with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo and 2011–12 with Fenerbahçe .^[4][5]

In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports,^[6] but in December 2017 she returned to play for Dynamo Krasnodar. From 1 July 2018, she worked as the team’s general manager, but in February 2019 she left this postision and went to work for the Volley Service sports agency. In February 2021 she was appointed as the general manager of the Russian national team.

• CSKA Moscow (1992–1995)
• Rossy Moscow (1995–1996)
• Mladost Zagabria (1997–1998)
• Hitachi Bellefille (1998–1999)
• Uralotchka NTMK Ekaterinburg (1999–2000)
• Eczacıbaşı (2000–2001)
• Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo (2002–2005)
• Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2005–2006)
• Grupo 2002 Murcia (2006–2007)
• Zarechie Odintsovo (2007–2009)
• Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2009–2010)
• Fenerbahçe (2010–2012)
• Eczacıbaşı (2012–2013)
• Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–2016, 2017–2018)