Elena Zarubina (Plotnikova) () (born 26 July 1978) is a Russian

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

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, and won the silver medal. She participated at the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix, 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 The 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix was the ninth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. Teams Preliminary round Ranking First round Group A *Venue: Suphanburi, Thailand Group B *Venue: Kowloon, Hong Kong Second round Grou ...

— 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 * 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place *

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

— 2nd place

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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 Volleyball players from Moscow 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub