Jelena Nikolić ( sr-cyrl, Јелена Николић; born 13 April 1982) is a retired Serbian

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player, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in

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Career

She played for VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom in Turkey from 2008/2010. With this team Jelena win the

2010–11 CEV Champions League The 2010–11 CEV Champions League was the 52nd edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams League round 24 teams were drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams eac ...

and also winning the "Best Scorer" award. Nikolić won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.

Clubs

* OK Obilić Belgrade (1997–1999) * Reggio Emilia (1999–2002) *

Foppapedretti Bergamo Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Volley Bergamo (1991–1992) * Foppapedretti Be ...

(2002–2003) * Minetti Infoplus Vincenza (2003–2004) *

RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF. History was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 19 ...

(2004–2005) * Toray Arrows (2005–2006) * Megius Volley Padova (2006–2007) * Takefuji Bamboo (2007–2008) * VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Istanbul (2008–2014) *

Azeryol Baku Azeryol Baku is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. History Azeryol Baku is an Azerbaijani women's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by gr ...

(2014–2015) * Bursa BB (2015–2016) * Metalleghe Montichiari (2016–)

Awards

Individual

* 2010 European Volleyball League "MVP" * 2010 European Volleyball League "Best Receiver" * 2010–11 CEV Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"

National team

Senior team

* 2009 European League - Gold Medal * 2010 European League - Gold Medal * 2011 European League - Gold Medal

Universiade

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

- Silver Medal

Clubs

* 2004/2005 France Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2004/2005 France Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with RC Cannes * 2009/2010 Turkish Championship - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom * 2010/11 CEV Champions League - Shield of the European Union

Champion, with VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom *

2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship The 2011 FIVB Women's Club World Championship was the fifth edition of the event. It was held in Doha, Qatar from October 8 to 14, 2011. Qualification Pools composition Squads Venue Pool standing procedure Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 poi ...

Runner-Up, with

VakıfBank Türk Telekom VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ...

* 2011-12 Aroma Women's Volleyball League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü VakıfBank is the second largest bank in Turkey in terms of asset size, established with an initial capital of TL 50 million on January 11, 1954 and later started operating on April 13, 1954. Abdi Serdar Üstünsalih has been selected as the CEO ...

* 2013 Club World Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Vakıfbank Istanbul

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolic, Jelena 1982 births Living people Serbian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Belgrade Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Serbia VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in volleyball European Games bronze medalists for Serbia Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Serbia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics European champions for Serbia Expatriate volleyball players in France Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Japan Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Serbian expatriates in Azerbaijan Serbian expatriates in France Serbian expatriates in Italy Serbian expatriates in Japan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Takefuji Bamboo players Universiade medalists in volleyball Universiade silver medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade