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Yelena Sokolovskaya is a former volleyball female player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist and European champion.

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.
She played for the Soviet Union national team at junior and senior level from 1979 to 1983, taking part of the World Championship and becoming Olympic champion, World Cup bronze medallist, European champion and European silver medallist.

Clubs

In 2006, Sokolovskaya was appointed head coach of Ukrainian women's volleyball club VC Jinestra. 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.

Honours and awards

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