Yelena Tyushnyakova

Yelena Nikolayevna Tyushnyakova is a Soviet-born Russian retired speed skater and ice hockey player. She competed in two speed skating events at the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the Unified Team.
Tyushkanova also played ice hockey as a defenceman at the Russian national level. She served as the inaugural captain of the Russian Women's Hockey League team Metelitsa Chelyabinsk during the 1997–98 season. As of the 2021–22 season, she serves as the conditioning coach of the Belye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk in the Zhenskaya Hockey League.