Yelena Sokolovskaya
Personal information
Full nameYelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (Akhaminova)
NationalitySoviet
Ukrainian
Born (1961-10-05) 5 October 1961
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
1977–1982Uralochka Sverdlovsk
1982–1989Medin Odesa
1989–1993Haukiputaan Heitto
1993–1994Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa
1994–1995Chemik Police
1995–2002?
2002–2003Khimik Yuzhne
National team
1979–1983 Soviet Union
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Japan
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1979 France
Silver medal – second place 1981 Bulgaria
Silver medal – second place 1983 East Germany
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1979 Mexico City

Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) (Russian: Еле́на Раби́говна Соколо́вская (Ахами́нова)) (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a Soviet Russian-born Ukrainian former volleyball player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist (in 1980) and European champion (in 1979).[1]

Player career

Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Post-Soviet Ukraine, and Poland. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, CEV Cup, USSR Championship, Soviet Cup, Polish Championship and Polish Cup.[2]

She played for the Soviet Union national team at junior and senior level from 1979 to 1983, taking part of the World Championship (in 1982) and becoming Olympic champion (in 1980), World Cup bronze medallist (in 1981), European champion (in 1979) and European silver medallist (in 1981 and in 1983).[3][4]

Clubs

  • Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1977–1982)
  • Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Medin Odesa (1982–1989)
  • Finland Haukiputaan Heitto (1989–1993)
  • Ukraine Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa (1993–1994)
  • Poland Chemik Police (1994–1995)
  •  ? (1995–2002)
  • Ukraine Khimik Yuzhne (2002–2003)

Coach career

In 2006, Sokolovskaya was appointed head coach of Ukrainian women's volleyball club VC Jinestra (previously called Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa). She won twice the Ukrainian Cup and finished four times as runners up of the Ukrainian Super League during her six seasons as coach, before the club folded in 2012.[5][6]

Honours and awards

Individual Achievements

Player

National team
Junior
Senior
Club
  • 1978 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1979 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1980 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1980-81 CEV Champions League - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1981 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1981–82 CEV Champions League - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1982 USSR Championship - Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
  • 1983 Soviet Cup - Champion (with Medin Odesa)
  • 1983 CEV Cup - Champion (with Medin Odesa)
  • 1994-95 Polish Championship - Champion (with Chemik Police)
  • 1995 Polish Cup - Champion (with Chemik Police)

Coach

Club
  • 2010 Ukrainian Cup - Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)
  • 2011 Ukrainian Cup - Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Кабардинская звезда Елена Соколовская". Kabardino-Balkaria 24 (in Russian). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Profile". IOC. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Profile". sportufo.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Jinestra volley (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Откровенно. Елена Соколовская о волейболе и планах на будущее". Odesa-Sport (in Russian). 9 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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