Yelena Ezau (born 9 March 1983) is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player who currently plays for the Kazakhstani domestic club

Altay VC Altay Volleyball Club is a Kazakh volleyball club that plays at the Kazakhstan National Liga. Altay's predecessor, Ust-Kamenogorsk VC was formed in 2005 which merged with Semey VC in 2015 to establish the Altay Volleyball Club. The club has been ...

in domestic league matches. She has represented

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

national team in several international competitive events including the

FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The initial gap between championships was varia ...

, in the

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and in the solitary Olympic event in

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Career

Yelena Ezau made it into the national side for the

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after making her international debut in the same year. Four years later, she was part of the Kazakhstan team which secured bronze medal in the women's team event at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. She also participated at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, which is also her only Olympic event in her playing career. Yelena has competed at the

twice in

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and

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. She also competed for the national side at the

2007 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2007 was the fifteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2007 World Grand Prix lasted four weeks with a total number of 65 matc ...

and at the

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. She was also the member of the Kazakhstani domestic volleyball club

during the

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which eventually finished on fourth position after losing the bronze medal match to the Thai VC Bangkok Glass.2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship results
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ezau, Yelena 1983 births Living people Kazakhstani women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Pavlodar