Anna Mikhailovna Kotikova (Russian: Анна Михайловна Котикова; born 13 October 1999) is a Russian volleyball player, who plays as an outside hitter for the Russian club Dinamo Kazan and the Russian women's national volleyball team. She has won gold medal at the 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship and silver medal at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship with the youth teams of Russia while being selected as the "most valuable player" at the former.[1] In both tournaments, she played in the opposite position and was named the "best opposite spiker" of the tournament.[1][2] She has won the Russian Cup with her club in 2017.[3]

Anna Kotikova
Анна Котикова
Kotikova in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAnna Mikhailovna Kotikova
Nationality Russia
Born (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 24)
Shuya, Russia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Spike306 cm (120 in)
Block300 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside/Opposite hitter
Current clubDinamo Kazan
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
2014–Dinamo Kazan
National team
2018–Russia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Russia
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team

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  1. ^ a b "Russia crown a fabulous #EuroVolleyU19W with gold, Serbia and Turkey complete podium". cev.eu. European Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "China's Hanyu Yang named Women's U20 World Championship MVP". fivb.com. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Кубок России остаётся в Казани!". dinamo-kazan.com (in Russian). Dinamo Kazan. Retrieved 17 April 2019.