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Yelena Dmitriyeva

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Yelena Dmitriyeva
Jelena Dmitrijewa (right) with Oksana Korolyova
Personal information
Full name Yelena Viktorovna Dmitriyeva
Born 1 July 1983 (1983-07) (age 42)
Astrakhan, USSR
Nationality Russian
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth career
Team
RussiaAstrakhan
Senior clubs
Years Team
-2000
KazakhstanQysylorda
2000-2004
RussiaHandball Club Lada
2004-2007
Serbia and MontenegroŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
2007-2016
RussiaZvezda Zvenigorod
National team
Years Team
2001–2011[1]
Russia
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 France Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 China Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Macedonia Team

Yelena Viktorovna Dmitriyeva, née Chaplina (Russian: Елена Викторовна Дмитриева; born 1 July 1983 in Astrakhan) is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.[2] She won gold medals with the Russian winning teams in the 2007 and 2009 World Championships.

Career

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Dmitriyeva began playing handball aged 7. At the age of 15 she joined Kazahkstani team Qysylorda, where she won the Kazahkstani championship.[3] In 2000 she joined Russian top league team Handball Club Lada, where she won the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Russian championships and the 2002 EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

In 2004 she joined ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica in Serbia-Montenegro, where she won the 2005 and 2006 championships and the 2006 EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

In March 2007 she returned to Russia to play the rest of the 2006-07 season at Zvezda Zvenigorod.[4] In her first season she won Russian championship and the EHF European League. The season after she won the EHF Champions League with the club, beating Austrian Hypo NÖ in the final.[5] In 2009 she won the Russian Cup. She retired in 2013.[1]

National team

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Dmitriyeva played for the Russian national team between 2001 and 2011. She won both the 2007 and 2009 World Championships with the team. At the 2008 Olympics she won a silver medal and at the 2008 European Championship she won a bronzemedal.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Елена ДМИТРИЕВА (ЧАПЛИНА) в публикацияхstadium.ru" (in Russian). infosport.ru. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Oroszország" (in Hungarian). handball.hu. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Елена Дмитриева: в Казахстане платили так мало, что некоторые гандболистки ели пойманных голубей" (in Russian). mosregtoday.ru. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Elena Dmitrieva". history.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ^ Todor Krastev. "Women Handball European Champions Cup and Champions League Archive". Todor 66. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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