Yelena Chebukina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevna and the family name is Chebukina.

Yelena Vasilyevna Chebukina (Russian: Елена Васильевна Чебукина; born 11 October 1965) is a former volleyball player, who was a member of the Soviet national team that won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Yelena Chebukina
Personal information
Full name	Yelena Vasilyevna Chebukina
Nationality	Soviet, Russian, Croatian
Born	(1965-10-11) 11 October 1965 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Number	11
Career
Years Teams 1984–1991 1991–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 ADK Almaty Mladost Zagreb Impresem Agrigento Pallavolo Matera Jogging Volley Altamura Ito Yokado Denso Airybees ŽOK Dubrovnik Leites Nestlé Zanetti Bergamo Despar Perugia
National team
1983–1991 1992 1992–1993 1995–2001 Soviet Union  Unified Team Russia Croatia
Honours Women’s volleyball Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1990 China Team World Cup 1989 Japan 1985 Japan 1991 Japan Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow 1990 Seattle Friendship Games 1984 Varna European Championship 1985 Netherlands 1989 West Germany 1991 Italy 1983 East Germany 1987 Belgium Representing  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Representing Russia FIVB World Grand Prix 1993 Hong Kong European Championship 1993 Czech Republic Representing Croatia European Championship 1995 Netherlands 1997 Czech Republic

In the 1990s, Chebukina played for Russia and then the Croatia women's national volleyball team.

Club volleyball

Chebukina started to play in the Italian Volleyball League in 1992 with Irina Smirnova Ilchenko for Impresem Agrigento, ended third in the regular season. During the season 1993–94 she played for PVF Latte Rugiada Matera. With the team PVF Latte Rugiada Matera she won the European Super Cup in 1993, the Italian Cup and the Italian Championship in 1994. Later on, the following years, she also played for Tradeco Altamura. In 1999 with Foppapedretti Bergamo she won the Italian Super Cup and the Champions League in 2000. She ended her career playing for Despar Perugia from 2000 to 2002.

External links

• Yelena Chebukina at WorldofVolley
• Yelena Chebukina at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
• Yelena Chebukina at Olympics.com
• Yelena Chebukina at Olympics.com
• Yelena Chebukina at Olympics.com
• Yelena Chebukina at Olympedia
• Volleybox.net Profile