Yelizaveta Tishchenko

Yelizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975; last name also spelled Tichtchenko) is a retired female volleyball player from Russia who made her debut for the Soviet national team in 1991. She competed in three consecutive Olympic Games (1996, 2000,^[1] and 2004), and twice won a silver medal.^[2]

Yelizaveta Tishchenko
Personal information
Full name	Yelizaveta Ivanovna Tishchenko
Born	(1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	192 cm (76 in)
Spike	309 cm (122 in)
Block	302 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker / Spiker
Number	9 (national team)
Career
Years Teams 1990—1995 1995—1997 1997—1999 1999 1999—2004 2004—2005 2007—2011 2012—2013 Uralochka Ekaterinburgo NEC Red Rockets ŽOK Dubrovnik Green Warriors Sassuolo Uralochka Ekaterinburgo VC Wiesbaden VBC Cheseaux VBC Cossonay
National team
1992—2004 Russia
Honours Women's volleyball Representing  Soviet Union World U20 Championship 1991 Czechoslovakia Under-20 Representing  CIS European Junior Championship 1992 Greece Under-19 Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 1994 Brazil Team 1998 Japan Team 2002 Germany Team World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan Team 2001 Japan Team 1993 Japan Team Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg Team FIVB World Grand Prix 1997 Kobe Team 1999 Yu Xi Team 2002 Hong Kong Team 1998 Hong Kong Team 2000 Manila Team 2003 Andria Team 1993 Hong Kong Team 1996 Shangai Team 2001 Macau Team European Championship 1993 Czech Republic Team 1997 Czech Republic Team 1999 Italy Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 1995 Netherlands Team

Tishchenko represented her country more than 470 times from 1991 through 2004, playing as middle blocker in the starting six of the national team, and leading the Sbornaya as its captain in 2003 and 2004.

Tishchenko won the European Championships four times, the World Grand Prix three times, and additional medals at World Championships and World Grand Champions Cups. She was consistently among the best attackers in each tournament entered, winning best spiker awards at numerous international tournaments between 1999 and 2003, including the prestigious FIVB "Best Spiker of the Year" in 2002.

With her club teams (namely Uralochka VC of Ekaterinburg), Tishchenko won the Russian Championship 13 times and the European Champions League three times.

Tishchenko's greatest achievement, however, was coming back to play for Russia at the Olympic Games in Athens after having had open surgery on her knees only three months before. Doctors were incredulous after she won the silver medal in a dramatic final against China.

Tishchenko retired from the national team in 2004, however she continued to play for teams in the German and Swiss premier leagues.