Yelizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975 in

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, last name also spelled Tichtchenko) is a retired female

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player from

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, who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1991. She competed in three consecutive

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(1996, 2000 and 2004), and twice won a silver medal. She represented her country more than 470 times from 1991 through 2004, playing as Middle Blocker in the starting 6 of the National Team and leading the Sbornaya as its Captain in 2003 & 2004. Liza won the European Championships (4 times), the World Grand Prix (3 times), and several medals at World Championships and World Grand Champions Cups. She was among the best attackers in each tournament entered, winning best spiker (attacker) awards at most international tournaments between 1999 and 2003, including the prestigious title of the world's ‘Best Spiker of the Year’ (FIVB 2002). With her club teams (namely Uralochka VC of Ekaterinburg) she won the Russian Championship 13 times and the European Champions League three times. Her greatest achievement, however, was coming back to play for Russia at the Olympic Games in Athens after having had open surgery on her knees only 3 months before. Impossible her doctors said after she won the silver medal in a dramatic final against China. She retired from the National Team and professional volleyball in 2004, however she continued to play for teams in the German and Swiss premier leagues. Liza has worked for the commercial department of UEFA and currently is at the FIVB TV & Marketing Department.

Honours

* 1991 World Under-20 Championship — 1st place * 1992 European Junior Championship — 1st place * 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 1993 European Championship — 1st place * 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 3rd place * 1994 Goodwill Games — 1st place * 1994 World Championship — 3rd place * 1995 European Championship — 3rd place *

1996 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fourth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Shanghai, PR China, from 27 to 29 September 1996. Preliminary ...

— 3rd place *

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

— 4th place * 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1997 European Championship — 1st place * 1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place *

1998 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1998 FIVB World Grand Prix was the sixth women's volleyball tournament of its kind, played by eight countries from 21 August to 13 September 1998. The final round was staged in Hong Kong. Preliminary rounds Ranking The best four teams from ...

— 2nd place * 1998 World Championship — 3rd place *

1999 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix was the seventh women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over three weeks in four cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Yu Xi, PR China, from 27 to 29 August 1999. Teams Prelimin ...

— 1st place * 1999 European Championship — 1st place * 1999 World Cup — 2nd place *

2000 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix was the eighth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, PR China, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia, cumulating with the ...

— 2nd place *

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

— 2nd place * 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 2001 European Championship — 1st place * 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 2002 World Championship — 3rd place * 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place *

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

— 2nd place

Individual awards

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