Elīna Babkina

{{short description|Latvian basketball player}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Elīna Babkina

| image =

| caption =

| team = Ślęza Wrocław

| number = 7

| league = BLK

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lbs = 143

| position = Point guard

| nationality = Latvian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|4|24}}

| birth_place = Riga, Soviet Union

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2011

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 29

| draft_team = Los Angeles Sparks

| career_start = 2005

| career_end =

| years1 = 2004–2005

| team1 = U-18 Latvija

| years2 = 2005–2008

| team2 = TTT Riga

| years3 = 2008–2010

| team3 = SK Cēsis

| years4 = 2010–2011

| team4 = Lotos Gdynia

| years5 = 2011–2012

| team5 = Fenerbahçe

| years6 = 2012

| team6 = CSM Târgovişte

| years7 = 2013

| team7 = USK Praha

| years8 = 2013–2014

| team8 = Nadezhda Orenburg

| years9 = 2014–2018

| team9 = CD CREF

| years10 = 2018–2022

| team10 = Ślęza Wrocław

| years11 = 2022–2023

| team11 = Elitzur Ramla

| highlights = * 1× Israeli champion (2023)

}}

Elīna Babkina (born 24 April 1989) {{cite web |url=http://lbs.lv/izlases/sievietes/elina-dikaioulaku-kopa-ar-latvijas-izlasi-velos-piedzivot-vel-vienas-olimpiskas-speles|title=Elīna Dikaioulaku: kopā ar Latvijas izlasi vēlos piedzīvot vēl vienas olimpiskās spēles|work=lbs.lv}}

is a Latvian former basketball player.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/elina-babkina-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/elina-babkina-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Elīna Babkina|work=SR/Olympics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=26 July 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2015/02/18/uni-girona-gets-latvian-guard-elina-babkina-on-loan-from-orenburg/ |title=Uni Girona gets Latvian guard Elina Babkina on loan from Orenburg | Love Women's Basketball |access-date=17 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518095347/http://lovewomensbasketball.com/2015/02/18/uni-girona-gets-latvian-guard-elina-babkina-on-loan-from-orenburg/ |archive-date=18 May 2015 }}

Babkina was already offered a deal with Russian Superleague team UMMC Ekaterinburg at age 16.{{Cite web|url=http://basketinfo2006.eclub.lv/26-10-06-piespele-babkina.htm |title=Latvian Radio interview (2006) |access-date=21 October 2008 |language=lv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228124240/http://basketinfo2006.eclub.lv/26-10-06-piespele-babkina.htm |archive-date=28 December 2008 }}{{Cite web|url= http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.playerID_43551.compID_Rn2Om4j3HOcXtTFwJWFsh3.season_2009.roundID_6482.teamID_97082.html |title=FIBA Europe profile |access-date=21 October 2008}} She was a member of TTT Riga until April 2008, when the team fired her.{{Cite web|url= http://esports.lv/basketbols/damas/14042008-ttt_dod_iespeju_babkinai |title=TTT dod iespēju Babkinai |access-date=21 October 2008 |author=Siliņš, Andrejs |publisher=eSports.lv |date=14 April 2008 |language=lv }} In September she signed a contract with SK Cēsis.{{Cite web|url= http://esports.lv/basketbols/damas/23092008-babkina_speles_cesis |title=Babkina spēlēs Cēsīs |access-date=21 October 2008 |author=Bērziņš, Edgars |publisher=eSports.lv |date=23 September 2008 |language=lv }} Babkina played in the 2008 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|url= https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/LAT/Elina+Babkina/226894 |title=Profile in Yahoo! Sports |access-date=21 October 2008}}

She was involved in a car crash on 24 November 2008. She was a passenger. Although she had worn her seat belt, she had a light concussion.{{Cite web|url= http://esports.lv/basketbols/eirokausi/25112008-elinai_babkinai_smadzenu_satricinajums |title=Elīnai Babkinai smadzeņu satricinājums |access-date=25 November 2008 |author=Celmiņš, Jānis |publisher=eSports.lv |date=25 November 2008 |language=lv }}