Yelena Plotnikova

{{short description|Russian volleyball player (born 1978)}}

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{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Elena Zarubina (Plotnilkova)

| image = Зарубина (Плотникова) Елена Михайловна.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Yelena Mikhaylovna Plotnikova (-Zarubina)

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| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|26|df=y}}

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| height = {{convert|186|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

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| spike = {{convert|306|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|298|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

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| currentnumber = 14 (national team)

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| nationalyears = 2001

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Russia}} Russia

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's Volleyball}}

{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2004 Athens | Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalBronze| 1998 Japan | Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Germany|Team}}

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Elena Zarubina (Plotnikova) ({{langx|ru|Елена Михайловна Зарубина (Плотникова)}}) (born 26 July 1978) is a Russian volleyball player with the Women's National Team, for which she made her debut in 1998.

She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and

won the silver medal.

She participated at the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2003/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?Code=RUS|title=Team Rosters|website=www.fivb.org|access-date=2018-02-22}} and 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldGrandPrix/2004/Teams/Team_Roster.asp?code=RUS&sm=50|title=Team Rosters|website=www.fivb.org|access-date=2018-08-23}}