Yelena Volkova (Елена Юрьевна Волкова), born 27 May 1968, is a former swimmer from the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

who won the gold medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the

1991 World Aquatics Championships The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Western Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men ;Women Open water swimming ; ...

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, Australia. She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics where she finished 5th in the 100 meters breaststroke, and the Unified Team at the

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Personal life

Volkova's husband

Gennadiy Prigoda Gennadiy Sergeyevich Prigoda (russian: Геннадий Серге́евич Пригода; born 2 May 1965) is a former freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed twice at the Summer Olympics first for the Soviet Union in 1988, and then for ...

was also an Olympic swimmer. Elena Volkova and Gennadiy Prigoda has a son named

Kirill Prigoda Kirill Gennadievich Prigoda (russian: Кирилл Геннадьевич Пригода; born 29 December 1995) is a Russian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Personal life Prigoda's ...

, who competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

Yelena VOLKOVA at the-sports.org
1968 births Living people Russian female breaststroke swimmers Soviet female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team Universiade medalists in swimming Place of birth missing (living people) FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub