Elena Dolgopolova
Elena Vladimirovna Dolgopolova is a Russian former artistic gymnast who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal with the team. She also won team silver medals at the 1997 World Championships and at the 1998 European Championships. Individually, she is the 1998 Goodwill Games vault silver medalist and the 1999 Summer Universiade vault bronze medal.
Gymnastics career
Dolgopolova made her international debut at the 1993 Junior European Championships and finished 13th in the all-around and fifth on the balance beam.At the 1995 American Cup, she finished sixth in the all-around. She competed at the 1995 World Championships with the Russian team that placed fourth. She did not advance into any individual finals.
Dolgopolova was selected to represent Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. After the compulsories, Russia was in first place. However, they were knocked into second place by the United States after the optionals. Dolgopolova did not advance into any of the individual finals.
At the 1997 World Championships, Dolgopolova won a silver medal in the team event. She also finished seventh on vault with a score of 9.331. She competed at the 1998 European Championships, where the Russian team finished second behind Romania. At the 1998 Goodwill Games, she won a silver medal on the vault behind Vanessa Atler with a score of 9.600.
Dolgopolova won a team gold medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade, and she won a bronze medal on the vault. She was in the running for the 2000 Summer Olympics team, but she was left out due to injury.