Yelena Pshikova (born 1 June 1970) is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1]
Yelena Lvovna Shushunova was a Soviet Russian gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women who have won all-around titles at all major competitions: Olympics, World Championships and European/Continental Championships and one of eleven women who medaled on every event at World Championships. Shushunova was renowned for pioneering complex skills as well as her explosive and dynamic tumbling and high consistency.
Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova was a Russian distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.
Yelena Mikhailovna Godina is a Russian former volleyball player, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at 2006 Volleyball World Championship in Japan and the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Yelena Petrovna Antonova is a rower from the Soviet Union.
Yelena Pavlovna Volkova is a former Soviet competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist. She won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Yelena Vasilyevna Chebukina is a former volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet national team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Yelena Portova is a Kazakhstani handball player. She was born in Shymkent. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the Kazakhstani team placed 10th.
Yelena Gennadyevna Matiyevskaya is a Russian former rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Yelena Jemayeva is a Russian-born Azerbaijani former sabre fencer. She holds a twice world champion and European champion (1999).
Yelena Petrova is a Russian former judoka who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Petrova won bronze as well at the 1994 Goodwill Games After ending her career in 2000 she became a judo coach.
Yelena Anatolyevna Khudashova is a Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Yelena Valeryevna Bogomazova is a Russian swimmer who won 13 medals in breaststroke at the European Championships of 2002–2007 and a bronze medal at the 2000 FINA World Swimming Championships. She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals.
The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics – along with the addition of the hammer throw, this brought the women's field event programme to parity with the men's.
The Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. They lead the medal tally for women's artistic gymnastics with 88 medals including 33 gold. Larisa Latynina is also the most decorated female athlete at the Olympic games with a total of 18 medals. Soviet dominance was unprecedented in scale and longevity and was likely the result of the country's heavy investment in mass and elite sports to fulfill its political agenda.
Yelena Baltabayeva is a Kazakhstani athlete. She competed in the women's shot put at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Yelena Kotelnikova is a Russian judoka. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Olena Zhyrko is a Ukrainian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played for Stal Dnipropetrovsk from 1984 to 1989, WBC Dynamo Kyiv from 1989 to 1993, for Skif Kyiv in 1994 and for MBK Ružomberok (1994-2000) in Slovakia, Gambrinus Brno (2001) in the Czech Republic and Istrobanka (2002-2003) in Slovakia.
Yelena Ezau is a Kazakhstani female volleyball player who currently plays for the Kazakhstani domestic club Altay VC in domestic league matches.