Elena Sokolova | |
Native Name: | Елена Соколова |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Fullname: | Elena Petrovna Sokolova |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | Yunost Moskva |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1991 |
Birth Place: | Moscow |
Height: | 184 cm |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Elena Petrovna Sokolova (Russian: Елена Петровна Соколова, born February 13, 1991, in Moscow) is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the final.
Sokolova won the 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle events in the 2007 European Junior Swimming Championships.[1]