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
edit- 1998 World Championship – 3rd place
- 1999 World Cup – 2nd place
- 2000 Olympic Games – 2nd place
- 2002 World Championship – 3rd place
- 2006 World Championship – 1st place
- 2008 Olympic Games – 6th place
Individual awards
editReferences
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Yelena Godina". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
edit- Yelena Godina at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Yelena Godina at WorldofVolley
- Yelena Godina at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Yelena Godina at Olympedia
- 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix Russian team (archived)
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