Natalia Hanikoğlu

Natalia Hanikoğlu ( 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 and wears the number 7 jersey. She played over 100 times for the Russia national team, and when she received Turkish citizenship after marrying Turkish former volleyball player Hakan Hanikoğlu, she played over 200 times for the Turkey national team, too. She has a daughter whose name is Ela (meaning: Hazel) born in Moscow.

She also played for CSKA Moscow, Zarechie Odintsovo in Russia, Ancona in Italy, Kocaelispor, Beşiktaş and Eczacıbaşı in Turkey.

Awards

Club

2011–12 Turkish Cup – Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin

2011–12 CEV Cup – Runner-up, with Galatasaray Daikin

See also

Turkish women in sports

References

External links

Player biography

Natalia Hanikoglu at the International Volleyball Federation

Natalia Hanikoğlu (Natalya Nikolaevna Belyaeva) at Volleybox.net

1975 births

Living people

Turkish women's volleyball players

Russian women's volleyball players

Turkish people of Russian descent

Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players

Kocaelispor volleyballers

Beşiktaş volleyballers

Turkish expatriate volleyball players

Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan

Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players

Sportspeople from Moscow

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey

Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball

Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games