Elena Zarubina (Plotnikova) (russian: Елена Михайловна Зарубина (Плотникова)) (born 26 July 1978) is a Russian

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 grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player with the Women's National Team, for which she made her debut in 1998. She represented her country at the

2004 Summer Olympics 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), ...

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, and won the silver medal. She participated at the

2003 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2003 edition was played by twelve countries from July 21 to August 3, 20 ...

, and 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Honours

* 1998 World Championship — 3rd place * 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 1999 European Championship — 1st place * 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2001 European Championship — 1st place * 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place * 2002 World Championship — 3rd place *

— 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

References

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1978 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub