Yelena Godina

Yelena Mikhailovna Godina (Russian: Елена Михайловна Година) (born 17 September 1977, in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian 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. She also competed at the 1996 and 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] She participated at the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.[2]

Yelena Godina
Personal information
Born (1977-09-17) 17 September 1977
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

Notes

  • Height: 1.97 m
  • Weight: 73 kg
  • Shoe size: 47 (EU) / 14 (US)

Honours

  • 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

Individual awards

  • 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Blocker"
  • 2006 World Championship"Best Server"

References

  1. Olympic results
  2. "Team Rosters". www.fivb.org. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
Awards
Preceded by
Ana Paula Connelly
Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix

1999
Succeeded by
Yekaterina Gamova
Preceded by
Nancy Carrillo
2006 FIVB World Championship's
Women's Best Server

2006
Succeeded by
Maret Grothues


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