Elena Butnaru

{{short description|Romanian volleyball player (born 1975)}}

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| hometown = Bucuresti

| height = 1.83 m

| weight = 66 kg

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Elena Butnaru (born 27 April 1975) is a retired Romanian female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker.

She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldChampionships/Women/2002/Teams/VB_Player.asp?No=13577 |title=FIVB Player's profile|website=www.fivb.org }}

She also competed at the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship. On club level she played with Pallavolo Palermo.