Yelena Akhaminova

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

Yelena Sokolovskaya
Personal information
Full nameYelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (Akhaminova)
Nationality Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Born (1961-10-05) 5 October 1961
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Career
YearsTeams
1977–1982Uralochka Sverdlovsk
1982–1889Medin Odessa
1989–1993?
1993–1994Dinamo-Jinestra Odessa
1994–1995Chemik Police
1995–2002?
2002–2003Khimik Yuzhne
National team
1979–1983Soviet Union
Honours
Women’s volleyball
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Team competition
World Cup
1981 Japan Team
European Championship
1979 France Team
1981 Bulgaria Team
1983 East Germany Team
Summer Universiade
1979 Mexico City Team

Player career

Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Ukraine, Poland and Europe. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, Cup Winners Cup, USSR Championship, USSR 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
  • Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1977–1982)
  • Medin Odessa (1982–1989)
  • Haukiputaan Heitto (1989–1993)
  • Dinamo-Jinestra Odessa (1993–1994)
  • Chemik Police (1994–1995)
  • ? (1995–2002)
  • 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 Odessa). 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
  • Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1980)

Player
National team
Junior
Senior
Club
  • CEV Women's Champions League (champion with Uralochka Sverdlovsk in 1980–81 and 1981–82)
  • Cup Winners Cup (champion with Medin Odessa in 1982–83)
  • USSR Championship (champion with Uralochka Sverdlovsk in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982)
  • USSR Cup (champion with Medin Odessa in 1983)
  • Polish Championship (champion with Chemik Police in 1994–95)
  • Polish Cup (champion with Chemik Police in 1994–95)

Coach
Club
  • Ukrainian Cup (champion with Dinamo-Jinestra Odessa in 2009–10 and 2010–11)

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". Odessa-Sport (in Russian). 9 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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