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Elena Baranova

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Elena Viktorovna Baranova (Russian: Елена Викторовна Баранова; born 28 January 1972) is a Russian former professional basketball player. She is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player, where she became the first player from Europe in 1997 WNBA inaugural season, the first All-Star from Russia in 2001 and played for the New York Liberty until the 2005 season. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Baranova is the 1,158th most popular basketball player (down from 904th in 2024), the 53rd most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Kirghiz Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Elena Baranova ranks 1,160 out of 1,757Before her are Khem Birch, Sun Yue, Austin Daye, Isaïa Cordinier, Rod Strickland, Natalia Vieru, Andre Miller, and Andre Drummond. After her are Yotam Halperin, Kęstutis Marčiulionis, Janice Lawrence Braxton, and Teemu Rannikko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Elena Baranova ranks 1,277Before her are Fumiko Okuno, Rossano Galtarossa, Benjamin Byron Davis, Olga Zavyalova, Jang Hyung-seok, and Samantha Womack. After her are Keith Wood, Scott Turner, Al Hasan Al-Yami, Mr. Scruff, Koichi Kidera, and Bounty Killer.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Elena Baranova ranks 53 out of 62Before her are Sergey Mihaylov (1976), Mirlan Murzaev (1990), Yuriy Melnichenko (1972), Maiya Maneza (1985), Lilli Schwarzkopf (1983), and Artem Novikov (1987). After her are Aisuluu Tynybekova (1993), Kristina Vogel (1990), Ulukbek Maripov (1979), Akzhol Makhmudov (1999), Kanatbek Begaliev (1984), and Ernesto Inarkiev (1985).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Kyrgyzstan

Among basketball players born in Kyrgyzstan, Elena Baranova ranks 1