Yelena Akhaminova

Yelena Rabigovna Sokolovskaya (née Akhaminova) (Еле́на Раби́говна Соколо́вская (Ахами́нова)) (born 5 October 1961 in Sverdlovsk) is a Soviet Russian-born Ukrainian former volleyball player and coach. As a player for the Soviet Union she is an Olympic gold medallist (in 1980) and European champion (in 1979).

Player career
Sokolovskaya played from 1977 until 2002 for clubs in the Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Finland, Post-Soviet Ukraine, and Poland. She won many titles including the CEV Women's Champions League, CEV Cup, USSR Championship, Soviet 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 (in 1982) and becoming Olympic champion (in 1980), World Cup bronze medallist (in 1981), European champion (in 1979) and European silver medallist (in 1981 and in 1983).

Clubs

 * Uralochka Sverdlovsk (1977–1982)
 * Medin Odesa (1982–1989)
 * 🇫🇮 Haukiputaan Heitto (1989–1993)
 * 🇺🇦 Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa (1993–1994)
 * 🇵🇱 Chemik Police (1994–1995)
 * Flag of None.svg ? (1995–2002)
 * 🇺🇦 Khimik Yuzhne (2002–2003)

Coach career
In 2006, Sokolovskaya was appointed head coach of Ukrainian women's volleyball club VC Jinestra (previously called Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa). 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.

Individual Achievements

 * 1980 - Знак № 47 змс СССР.jpg Merited Master of Sports of the USSR

Team Achievements - Player

 * National team
 * Junior


 * 1979 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship – Gold medal 2006 OG.svg Gold medal
 * 1979 Summer Universiade – Gold medal 2006 OG.svg Gold medal


 * Senior


 * 1979 European Championship – Gold medal 2006 OG.svg Gold medal
 * 1980 Olympic Games – Gold medal 2006 OG.svg Gold medal
 * 1981 European Championship – Silver medal 2006 OG.svg Silver medal
 * 1981 World Cup – Bronze medal 2006 OG.svg Bronze medal
 * 1983 European Championship – Silver medal 2006 OG.svg Silver medal


 * Club
 * 1978 USSR Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1979 USSR Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1980 USSR Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1980-81 CEV Champions League - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1981 USSR Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1981–82 CEV Champions League - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1982 USSR Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Uralochka Sverdlovsk)
 * 1983 Soviet Cup - Roundel of the Soviet Union (1945–1991).svg Champion (with Medin Odesa)
 * 1983 CEV Cup - Coat of arms of Europe.svg Champion (with Medin Odesa)
 * 1994-95 Polish Championship - Simple gold cup.svg Champion (with Chemik Police)
 * 1995 Polish Cup - National Cockade of Poland.svg Champion (with Chemik Police)

Team Achievements - Coaching

 * Club
 * 2010 Ukrainian Cup - National Cockade of Ukraine.svg Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)
 * 2011 Ukrainian Cup - National Cockade of Ukraine.svg Champion (with Dinamo-Jinestra Odesa)