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Yelena Godina
Personal information
Born	(1977-09-17) 17 September 1977 (age 47) Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Spike	3.17 m (10 ft 5 in)
Block	3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	6
Career
Years Teams 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 2000 Sydney Team World Championship 2006 Japan Team 1998 Japan Team 2002 Germany Team FIVB World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2001 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe 1999 Yu Xi 2002 Hong Kong 1998 Hong Kong 2000 Manila 2006 Reggio Calabria 1996 Shangai 2001 Macau European Championship 1997 Czech Republic 1999 Italy 2001 Bulgaria 1995 Netherlands 2005 Croatia 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg World U20 Championship 1995 Thailand Under-20 European Junior Championship 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. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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
• 2008 Olympic Games – 6th place

Individual awards

• 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best blocker"
• 2006 World Championship "Best server"

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.

External links

• Yelena Godina at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Yelena Godina at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
• Yelena Godina at WorldofVolley
• Yelena Godina at Olympedia
• 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix Russian team (archived)

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 byMaret Grothues

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 4th place
Marina Pankova Irina Ilchenko Valentina Ogiyenko Yelena Godina Yevgeniya Artamonova Yelena Tyurina Lyubov Sokolova Yuliya Timonova Natalya Morozova Tatyana Grachova Tatyana Menshova Yelizaveta Tishchenko Coach: Nikolay Karpol

v t e Russia squad – 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship – Bronze medal
1 Irina Tebenikhina 2 Natalya Morozova 3 Anastasia Belikova 4 Yelena Plotnikova 5 Lyubov Sokolova 6 Yelena Godina 7 Natalya Safronova 8 Evgenya Artamonova 9 Yelizaveta Tishchenko 10 Yelena Vasilevskaya 11 Olga Tchoukanova 17 Valentina Ogiyenko Coach: Nikolay Karpol

v t e Russia squad – 1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Silver medal
1 Irina Tebenikhina 2 Natalya Morozova 3 Anastasia Belikova 5 Lyubov Sokolova 6 Yelena Godina 7 Natalya Safronova 8 Evgenya Artamonova 9 Yelizaveta Tishchenko 10 Yelena Vasilevskaya 11 Yekaterina Gamova 14 Inessa Sargsyan 17 Elena Sennikova Coach: Nikolay Karpol

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Olga Potachova 2 Natalya Morozova 3 Anastasiya Belikova 4 Yelena Tyurina 5 Lioubov Chachkova 6 Yelena Godina 8 Evguenia Artamonova 9 Yelizaveta Tishchenko 10 Yelena Vasilevskaya 11 Yekaterina Gamova 13 Tatyana Grachova 14 Inessa Sargsyan Coach: Nikolay Karpol

v t e Russia squad – 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship – Bronze medal
1 Tatiana Gorchkova 3 Anastasia Belikova 4 Yelena Tyurina 6 Yelena Godina 7 Natalya Safronova 8 Evguenia Artamonova 9 Yelizaveta Tishchenko 11 Yekaterina Gamova 12 Tatyana Grachova 14 Yelena Plotnikova 15 Anjela Gourieva 17 Olga Tchoukanova Coach: Nikolay Karpol

v t e Russia squad – 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship – Gold medal
1 Maria Borodakova 2 Olga Zhitova 4 Maria Bruntseva 5 Lyubov Sokolova 6 Yelena Godina 7 Natalya Safronova 9 Svetlana Kryuchkova 11 Yekaterina Gamova 12 Marina Sheshenina 16 Yulia Merkulova 17 Natalia Kulikova 18 Marina Akulova Coach: Giovanni Caprara

v t e Russia squad – 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship (3rd place)
1 Morozova 3 Alimova 4 Fateeva 5 Sokolova 6 Godina 7 Safronova 11 Gamova 13 Sourtseva 14 Ulanova 15 Kosheleva 16 Merkulova 18 Akulova Coach: Giovanni Caprara

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Maria Borodakova 3 Natalia Alimova 4 Olga Fateeva 5 Lyubov Sokolova 6 Yelena Godina 8 Yevgeniya Estes 11 Yekaterina Gamova 12 Marina Sheshenina 14 Ekaterina Kabeshova 15 Aleksandra Pasynkova 16 Yulia Merkulova 18 Marina Akulova Coach: Giovanni Caprara

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