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Yelena Sokolovskaya
Yelena Sokolovskaya
Personal information
Full name	Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (Akhaminova)
Nationality	Soviet; Ukrainian
Born	5 October 1961 (age 63); Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	4
Career
1977–1982	Uralochka Sverdlovsk
1982–1989	Medin Odesa
1989–1993	Haukiputaan Heitto
1993–1994	Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa
1994–1995	Chemik Police
1995–2002	?
2002–2003	Khimik Yuzhne
National team
1979–1983	Soviet Union
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Cup
European Championship
Summer Universiade
European Junior Championships

Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) (Russian: Еле́на Раби́говна Соколо́вская (Ахами́нова)) (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a Soviet Russian-born Ukrainian former volleyball player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist (in 1980) and European champion (in 1979).^[1]

Player career

Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Post-Soviet Ukraine, and Poland. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, CEV Cup, USSR Championship, Soviet Cup, Polish Championship and Polish Cup.^[2]

She played for the Soviet Union national team at junior and senior level from 1979 to 1983, taking part of the World Championship (in 1982) and becoming Olympic champion (in 1980), World Cup bronze medallist (in 1981), European champion (in 1979) and European silver medallist (in 1981 and in 1983).^[3]^[4]

Clubs

Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1977–1982)
Medin Odesa (1982–1989)
Haukiputaan Heitto (1989–1993)
Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa (1993–1994)
Chemik Police (1994–1995)
? (1995–2002)
Khimik Yuzhne (2002–2003)

Coach career

In 2006, Sokolovskaya was appointed head coach of Ukrainian women's volleyball club VC Jinestra (previously called Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa). She won twice the Ukrainian Cup and finished four times as runners up of the Ukrainian Super League during her six seasons as coach, before the club folded in 2012.^[5]^[6]

Honours and awards

Individual Achievements

1980 - Merited Master of Sports of the USSR

Team Achievements - Player

National team: Junior

1979 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship – Gold medal
1979 Summer Universiade – Gold medal

Senior

1979 European Championship – Gold medal
1980 Olympic Games – Gold medal
1981 European Championship – Silver medal
1981 World Cup – Bronze medal
1983 European Championship – Silver medal

Club

1978 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1979 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1980 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1980-81 CEV Champions League - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1981 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1981–82 CEV Champions League - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1982 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
1983 Soviet Cup - Champion (with Medin Odesa)
1983 CEV Cup - Champion (with Medin Odesa)
1994-95 Polish Championship - Champion (with Chemik Police)
1995 Polish Cup - Champion (with Chemik Police)

Team Achievements - Coaching

Club

2010 Ukrainian Cup - Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)
2011 Ukrainian Cup - Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)

References

^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Кабардинская звезда Елена Соколовская". Kabardino-Balkaria 24 (in Russian). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Profile". IOC. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Profile". sportufo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Profile". Jinestra volley (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "Откровенно. Елена Соколовская о волейболе и планах на будущее". Odesa-Sport (in Russian). 9 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.