Yelena Tyurina

Elena Tyurina-Batukhtina (born 12 April 1971 in Sverdlovsk) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia, who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1989. She competed consecutively in four Olympic Games. She was part of the Soviet and Russian national teams and became European Champion in 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997 and 2001.[1] On club level she played with Uralochka Ekaterinburg

Elena Batoukhtina
Personal information
Full name	Elena Batukhtina-Tiourina
Nationality	Russia
Born	(1971-04-12) 12 April 1971 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	184 m (603 ft 8 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Spike	313 cm (123 in)
Block	299 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing Spiker
Number	4 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1987—1994 1994—1998 1999—2000 2000—2001 2001—2002 2002—2005 Uralochka Ekaterinburgo NEC Red Rockets Uralochka Ekaterinburgo HAOK Mladost Virtus Reggio Calabria Uralochka Ekaterinburgo
National team
1989—1991 1992 1992—2004  Soviet Union  Unified Team  Russia
Honours Women’s volleyball Representing  Soviet Union World Championship 1990 China Team World Cup 1989 Japan Team 1991 Japan Team Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Team European Championship 1989 West Germany Team 1991 Italy Team European Junior Championship 1990 Austria Under-19 Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 1994 Brazil Team 2002 Germany Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team 2001 Japan Team 1993 Japan Team Goodwill Games 1994 St. Petersburg Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe Team 2000 Manila Team 1993 Hong Kong Team 1996 Shangai Team 2001 Macau Team European Championship 1993 Czech Republic Team 1997 Czech Republic Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 1995 Netherlands Team

Clubs

• Uralochka Ekaterinburg (1994)

Honours

• 1989 European Championship — 1st place
• 1989 World Cup — 2nd place
• 1990 World Championship — 1st place
• 1991 European Championship — 1st place
• 1991 World Cup — 3rd place
• 1992 Olympic Games — 2nd place
• 1993 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 1993 European Championship — 1st place
• 1993 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place
• 1994 World Championship — 3rd place
• 1995 European Championship — 3rd place
• 1996 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix — 1st place
• 1997 European Championship — 1st place
• 1997 World Grand Champions Cup — 1st place
• 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
• 2000 Olympic Games — 2nd place
• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix — 3rd place
• 2001 European Championship — 1st place
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 2nd place
• 2002 World Championship — 3rd place
• 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix — 2nd place
• 2004 Olympic Games — 2nd place

Individual awards

• 1994 World Championship "Best Scorer"
• 1997 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Receiver"

References

1. "Women Volleyball XIII World Championship 1994 – Teams Composition. - Russia". todor66.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

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