Yelena Pavlova
Encyclopedia
Yelena Pavlova is a female volleyball
player
from Kazakhstan
, who captained the Women's National Team
at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament
in Japan
. There the team ended up in fifth place, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
. Pavlova became Best Scorer at the event, alongside Puerto Rico's Karina Ocasio
.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player
Player (game)
A player of a game is a participant therein. The term 'player' is used with this same meaning both in game theory and in ordinary recreational games....
from Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, who captained the Women's National Team
Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team
The Kazakhstan women's national volleyball team represents the Kazakhstan in international volleyball competitions. The team qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by ending up in fifth place at the Olympic Qualifier in Japan.-Olympic Games:...
at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament
2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament is a qualification tournament to determined the final four spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. There the team ended up in fifth place, and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. Pavlova became Best Scorer at the event, alongside Puerto Rico's Karina Ocasio
Karina Ocasio
Karina Ocasio is a female volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who competed for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. Ocasio became...
.
Individuals
- 2007 Asian Club Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2007 Asian Club Championship "Best Spiker"
- 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best Scorer"
Clubs
- 2007 Asian Club Championship -
Champion, with Rahat CSKA