Yelena Aleksandrovna Sokolova, née Kremneva, (; born 23 July 1986 in Belgorod) is a Russian long jumper.
She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. In 2009, she won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 6.84 metres. She subsequently competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final, and she finished second at the 2009 World Athletics Final.
In August 2012, she won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a personal best jump of 7.07 metres.
International competitions 2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th6.53 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary3rd6.71 mwind: 0.0 m/sUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand2nd6.61 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy2nd6.84 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th (q)6.51 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey10th (q)6.58 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom2nd7.07 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia2nd6.73 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9th6.65 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China23rd (q)6.44 mCompeting as 2019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar24th (q)6.43 m
See also List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners Long jump at the Olympics List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
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