Yelena Godina

Yelena Godina
Personal information
Born (1977-09-17) 17 September 1977 (age 47)
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike3.17 m (10 ft 5 in)
Block3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
1991–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2001
2001–2002
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2011		Uralochka Ekaterinburgo
ŽOK Dubrovnik
NEC Red Rockets
Uralochka Ekaterinburgo
Eczacıbaşı Istanbul
CV Tenerife
Dynamo Moscow
Chieri
Dynamo Moscow
National team
1995–2008 Russia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2006 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Japan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Germany Team
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Gold medal – first place 1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2001 Japan Team
FIVB World Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 1997 Kobe
Gold medal – first place 1999 Yu Xi
Gold medal – first place 2002 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 1998 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 2000 Manila
Silver medal – second place 2006 Reggio Calabria
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Shangai
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Macau
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1997 Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 1999 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2001 Bulgaria
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg
World U20 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Thailand Under-20
European Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hungary Under-19

Yelena Mikhailovna Godina (Russian: Елена Михайловна Година) (born 17 September 1977) is a Russian former volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 2006 Volleyball World Championship in Japan and the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1][2] She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Honours

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ Shaw, John (29 September 2000). "Sydney 2000: Volleyball; After Five Sets, the Russians End the Upstart Americans' Run". The New York Times. p. S7. Retrieved 10 September 2024. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Roberts, Selena (1 October 2000). "Sydney 2000: Volleyball; Cuba Cruises to Third Straight Gold". The New York Times. sec. 8 p. 13. Retrieved 10 September 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Yelena Godina". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
Awards
Preceded by Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 2006 FIVB World Championship's
Women's Best Server
2006 		Succeeded by


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