Elena Sokolova
Jelena Sergejewna Sokolova (Russian Елена Сергеевна Соколова; . Engl transcription Elena Sokolova; * February 15, 1980 in Moscow) is a former Russian figure skater who started in a single run.
Sokolova began skating at age four. My first coach was Viktor Kudryavtsev at SC Moskvitch. She later went to Saint Petersburg to Alexei Mishin. In 1997 she played her first World Cup, in which she was eighth, one year later she repeated this, taking in Nagano at their first Olympics in part. There she finished in seventh place. In the years from 1999 to 2002, she failed to qualify for international competitions is also due to the strong national competition. After she had suffered in the summer of 2002 in a training accident a concussion, they even wanted to end her skating career. However, her mother convinced her otherwise. In the fall of 2002, she went back to her original trainer Viktor Kudryavtsev. It should pay off, since 2003, Sokolova was the first time Russian champion, while they even beat Irina Sluzkaja. My then she succumbed extremely scarce at the European Championships in Malmo and won the silver medal. This she also managed at the World Championships in Washington, but behind Michelle Kwan. It remained their only medal at the world championships. In European Championships she could win two medals with a bronze in 2004 and silver in 2006. 2004 and 2006, she was again Russian Champion. In her second Olympic Games she placed 14th in Turin. In 2007, she ended her competitive career.
Jelena Sokolova studied television journalism.