Evgenia Ukolova
Russian beach volleyball player (born 1989)
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Evgenia Nikolayevna Ukolova (Russian: Евгения Николаевна Уколова; born 17 May 1989) is a Russian beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she plays with Ekaterina Khomyakova (also known by her married name of Ekaterina Birlova). They qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London[1] and for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Ukolova competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | 17 May 1989 |
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Sport | Beach volleyball |
At the 2012 Olympics, they qualified from their group but lost to the Chinese pair of Xue Chen and Zhang Xi in the first knockout round.[2][3]
At the 2016 Olympics, they had to use the lucky loser route to qualify from the group stages, beating Barbora Hermannová and Markéta Sluková in the lucky loser round.[2][4] In the last 16, Ukolova and Birlova beat Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernández of Spain, before losing to eventual silver medalists Ágatha Bednarczuk and Bárbara Seixas in the quarterfinals.[2]
