Elizaveta Tishchenko

Elizaveta Tishchenko
Personal information
Nickname Elizaveta Tishchenko
Born (1975-02-07) February 7, 1975
Kiev, Ukraine
Height 190 cm (75 in)
Spike 309 cm (122 in)
Block 302 cm (119 in)
Volleyball information
Position Middle Blocker / Spiker
Number 9 (national team)
National team
2001Russia Russia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team Competition
2004 Athens Team Competition
European Championships
1993 Brno Team Competition
1997 Brno Team Competition
1999 Rome/Perugia Team Competition
2001 Varna Team Competition

Elizaveta Tishchenko (born 7 February 1975 in Kiev, 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 and 2004), and twice won a silver medal.

She represented her country more than 470 times from 1991 through 2004, playing as Middle Blocker in the starting 6 of the National Team and leading the Sbornaya as its Captain in 2003 & 2004. Liza won the European Championships (4 times), the World Grand Prix (3 times), and several medals at World Championships and World Grand Champions Cups. She was among the best attackers in each tournament entered, winning best spiker (attacker) awards at most international tournaments between 1999 and 2003, including the prestigious title of the world's ‘Best Spiker of the Year’ (FIVB 2002).

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

Her 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 3 months before. Impossible her doctors said after she won the silver medal in a dramatic final against China.

She retired from the National Team and professional volleyball in 2004, however she continued to play for teams in the German and Swiss premier leagues. Liza has worked for the commercial department of UEFA and currently is at the FIVB TV & Marketing Department.

Honours

Individual awards

References

Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Ana Paula Connelly
Cuba Ana Fernández		 Best Spiker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
1999
2001, 2002, 2003 		Succeeded by
Cuba Ana Fernández
Cuba Yumilka Ruiz
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