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| Full name | Yelena Yuryevna Volkova [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 27, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yelena Volkova (Елена Юрьевна Волкова), born 27 May 1968, is a former swimmer from the Soviet Union who won the gold medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia. [2] She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics where she finished 5th in the 100 meters breaststroke, and the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics.
Personal life
Volkova's husband Gennadiy Prigoda was also an Olympic swimmer. [3] Elena Volkova and Gennadiy Prigoda has a son named Kirill Prigoda, who competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4]
References
- ^ "Yelena Volkova". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ "HistoFINA SWIMMING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS AT FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (50M)" (PDF). FINA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ Елена Вайцеховская (2015-08-03). "Геннадий Пригода, Елена Волкова: "Мы не тащим в дом ни спорт, ни конфликты"". Спорт-Экспресс. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Kirill Prigoda". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Russian female breaststroke swimmers
- Soviet female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Russian swimming biography stubs
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yelena Yuryevna Volkova [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Soviet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 27, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yelena Volkova (Елена Юрьевна Волкова), born 27 May 1968, is a former swimmer from the Soviet Union who won the gold medal in the 200 meters breaststroke at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia. [2] She represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics where she finished 5th in the 100 meters breaststroke, and the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics.
Personal life
Volkova's husband Gennadiy Prigoda was also an Olympic swimmer. [3] Elena Volkova and Gennadiy Prigoda has a son named Kirill Prigoda, who competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4]
References
- ^ "Yelena Volkova". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ "HistoFINA SWIMMING MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS AT FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (50M)" (PDF). FINA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ^ Елена Вайцеховская (2015-08-03). "Геннадий Пригода, Елена Волкова: "Мы не тащим в дом ни спорт, ни конфликты"". Спорт-Экспресс. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08.
- ^ "Kirill Prigoda". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links
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| This biographical article related to a Russian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Russian female breaststroke swimmers
- Soviet female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Olympic swimmers for the Unified Team
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- Russian swimming biography stubs