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Yelena Prokhorova

1978 - Today

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Yelena Vladimirovna Prokhorova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Прохорова; born April 16, 1978) is a Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is also the 2001 world champion in this event. She was born at Kemerovo, in Siberia. In 2005 she tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Prokhorova is the 3,778th most popular athlete (up from 4,309th in 2024), the 3,085th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,286th in 2019) and the 226th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Prokhorova ranks 3,778 out of 6,025Before her are Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet, Thorsten Weidner, Gabriele Mehl, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Zhang Ling, and Malaika Mihambo. After her are Orlando Duque, Ashley Spencer, Ana Guevara, Pepijn Aardewijn, Tracy Wilson, and Wolfgang Perner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Yelena Prokhorova ranks 744Before her are Josh McDermitt, Claudia Nystad, Washington Luiz Mascarenhas Silva, Niko Kapanen, Jiří Vaněk, and Mariana Popova. After her are Xavier Tondo, Lázaro Ramos, Isaac Okoronkwo, Anderson Roberto da Silva Luiz, Alberto Martín, and Linsey Dawn McKenzie.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Prokhorova ranks 3,085 out of 3,761Before her are Aleksey Kazakov (1976), Elena Khrustaleva (1980), Sati Kazanova (1982), Yekaterina Rednikova (1973), Denis Petrov (1968), and Sergey Fokichev (1963). After her are Polina Semionova (1984), Andrey Golubev (1987), Andrey Chernyshov (1968), Lazaros Papadopoulos (1980), Eduard Koksharov (1975), and Dmitry Vasilyev (1962).

Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Prokhorova ranks 226Before her are Juri Kashkarov (1963), Sergey Kirdyapkin (1980), German Titov (1965), Yelena Afanasyeva (1967), Svetlana Petcherskaia (1968), and Elena Khrustaleva (1980). After her are Dmitry Vasilyev (1962), Tatyana Chernova (1988), Bair Badënov (1976), Denis Nizhegorodov (1980), Rustam Orujov (1991), and Staņislavs Olijars (1979).