Elena Tyurina-Batukhtina (born 12 April 1971 in Sverdlovsk) is a retired female

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player from

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who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1989. She competed consecutively in four

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. She was part of the

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and

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national teams and became European Champion in

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

and 2001. On club level she played with Uralochka Ekaterinburg

Clubs

* Uralochka Ekaterinburg (1994)

Honours

* 1989 European Championship — 1st place * 1989 World Cup — 2nd place * 1990 World Championship — 1st place * 1991 European Championship — 1st place * 1991 World Cup — 3rd place * 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place *

1993 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix was the first edition of the women's volleyball tournament, annually arranged by FIVB. It was played by eight countries from 28 May to 30 June 1993. The final round was staged in Hong Kong. Preliminary rounds Ranki ...

— 3rd place * 1993 European Championship — 1st place * 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd 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 *

1997 FIVB World Grand Prix The 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix was the fifth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in eight cities throughout Asia, cumulating with the final round in Kobe, Japan, from 29 to 31 August 1997. Preliminary rounds R ...

— 1st place * 1997 European Championship — 1st place * 1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place * 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place * 2000 Olympic Games — 2nd place * 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place * 2001 European Championship — 1st place * 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place * 2002 World Championship — 3rd place *

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 ...

— 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

* '' 1994 World Championship "Best Scorer"'' * '' 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Receiver"''

References

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1971 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Soviet women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for the Unified Team Olympic volleyball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in volleyball Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub