Elena Petrovna Sokolova (russian: Елена Петровна Соколова, born February 13, 1991, in Moscow) is a Russian freestyle

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. She competed at the

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in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the final. Sokolova won the 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle events in the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships.

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* * Russian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Russia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1991 births Living people Swimmers from Moscow Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Universiade silver medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub