Yulia Merkulova

As of August 22, 2012

Julija Viktorovna Merkulowa (Russian Юлия Викторовна Меркулова, English transcription: Yulia Viktorovna Merkulova; born 17 February 1984 in Lipetsk ) is a Russian volleyball player. She participated in two Olympic Games and was twice world champion.

Career

Merkulowa began her career in 1999 in her hometown club. After a year she went to VK Saretschje Odintsovo. With Odintsovo she won from 2002 to 2004 three times in a row, the Russian Cup. In 2005 she made ​​her debut in the Russian national team, with which she reached the third place at the European Championship. In 2006, she came into the league as well as to second place with Russia in the Grand Prix. Then she became world champion in Japan. 2007 won her club back in the cup. At the European Championship Russia repeated the third place. A year later Odintsovo reached after winning the Russian championship, the finals of the Champions League against Colussi Perugia. In Beijing, the middle blocker took part in the Olympic tournament in which Russia came to the quarter-finals in fifth place. 2009 Merkulowa adopted as runner from Odintsovo and moved to the UK Dynamo Krasnodar. At the World Cup in 2010 they successfully defended the title with the national team. Then it was committed by VK Dynamo Moscow. With the new club she succeeded in winning the cup in 2011 and second place in the league. 2012 Moscow was again runner-up. In London Merkulowa played for the second time in the Olympics; Russia was defeated by eventual winners Brazil in the quarter-finals and was again fifth. After the tournament Merkulowa returns to Krasnodar.