Jelena Mikhailovna Godina

Jelena Mikhailovna Godina
portrait
Date of birth	17th September 1977
place of birth	Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
size	1.92 m
position	External attack / adoption
societies
1991–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2011	VK Uralotschka-NTMK OK Dubrovnik NEC Red Rockets VK Uralotschka-NTMK Eczacıbaşı Istanbul CV Tenerife Chieri Volley Club VK Dynamo Moscow
National team
1995-2008	Russia
successes
1992–1997 1994, 1995 1996, 1997 1995 1996 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000, 2001 2000 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2002 2004, 2005 2004 2006 2006 2007, 2009 2007, 2009 2008 2009	Russian champion Champions League winner Champions League finalist European Championship third Olympic fourth winner Grand Prix European champion Croatian cup winner Croatian champion Champions League winner Grand Prix finalist World Cup third winner Grand Prix European champion Second World Cup Russian champion Champions League Finalist Finalist Grand Prix Olympic Silver European Champion Turkish Champion and Cup Winner Grand Prix World Cup Third Spanish Champion and Cup Winner Champions League Winner Finalist Grand Prix World Champion Russian Champion Champions League Finalist Olympic Fifth Russian Cup Winner
As of April 17, 2020

Jelena Michailovna Godina ( Russian Елена Михайловна Година , English transcription: Yelena Mikhailovna Godina ; born September 17, 1977 in Sverdlovsk ) is a Russian volleyball player . She won the Olympic silver medal in Sydney in 2000 , was world champion in 2006 and three times European champion .

Career

Godina began her career in 1991 with VK Uralotschka-NTMK and won the national championship six times in a row. With her club she won the Champions League final against HAOK Mladost Zagreb in 1994 . The following season the Uralochka defended the title in the final against Pallavolo Femminile Matera . In 1995 Godina made her debut in the national team and came third at the European Championships with Russia. In 1996 the Russians came third at the Grand Prix and just missed a medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta by beating Brazil 2: 3 . In 1997, however, they won the Grand Prix and prevailed against Croatia in the final of the European Championship .

1997/98 Godina played in Croatia with OK Dubrovnik and won the national cup competition, the national championship and the European Champions League. With the national team there was a second place at the 1998 Grand Prix and a third place at the World Championships in Japan . The outside attacker then moved to the Japanese league for the NEC Red Rockets. Godina won the Grand Prix with Russia in 1999 and defended the title at the European Championships in Italy - again in the final against Croatia. Russia also came second in the World Cup . From 1999 to 2001 Godina played again for her hometown club Uralotschka and won the national championship twice. After another second place in the Grand Prix , she came with the national team in the final of the 2000 Olympic tournament and received the silver medal after the 2: 3 against Cuba. In 2001 Russia took third place in the Grand Prix and again defended the title at the European Championships in Bulgaria by beating Italy in the final . Then Godina played a season in Turkey with Eczacıbaşı Istanbul and won the national double of championship and cup here. With the national team, she won the Grand Prix for the third time in 2002 and came third at the World Cup in Germany .

After a one-year break, Godina was active at CV Tenerife for two years and was twice Spanish champion and cup winner. She also won the Champions League in 2004 . After a year in Italy at the Chieri Volley Club , she returned to Russia in 2006 to join VK Dynamo Moscow . With the club she became Russian champion in 2007 and 2009, reached the Champions League final in 2007 and 2009 and won the Russian Cup in 2009. With the national team, she became world champion in Japan in 2006 . In the 2008 Olympic tournament , she missed the semifinals for the first time when she played for the third time; after being out of the quarter-finals against China, Russia finished fifth.

Web links

• Jelena Michailowna Godina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
• Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)