ZDROKOVA Elena

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016/2017
6	Women	2020
6	Women	2018
7	Women	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
6	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
7	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN
7	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE
3	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
5	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
6	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA
10	Women	2018	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN
5	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
8	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
7	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Zdro, Bogomol (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Swimming, reading books, walking. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Athlete

English, Russian

RC CSKA Moscow [Russian Federation] since 2019

Andrey Kuzin [national], RUS

Back (rugby.ru, 23 Feb 2021)

She has played rugby union [15-a-side] and was a member of the CSKA side that won the 2020/21 Russian national championship title. (sport-express.ru, 29 Jun 2021)

2016 for Russian Federation Against Spain, in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

In March 2021 she dislocated her elbow in a Russian Championship match. (sport24.ru, 17 Mar 2021)

In 2020 she dislocated her left forearm and was sidelined for two months. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

In 2019 she tore a lateral ligament in her left knee and could not play for two months. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

In 2018 she fractured the talus bone in her right foot, which took her half a year to recover. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

She took up the sport in 2014, at age 17, at Yenisey-STM rugby club in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Her national sevens teammate Alena Tiron invited her to try the sport, and she made the decision to switch from athletics. "I was invited to try and liked it. It is a dynamic, fast and interesting sport." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021; enisei-stm.ru, 01 Jan 2019; sport-express.ru, 06 May 2018)

To promote the sport of rugby sevens. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Winning her first Russian Championship title in 2017, qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games, and finishing first at the 2020 Cup of Russia. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

US rugby sevens player Perry Baker, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Her parents, and her coach Vitaly Salenko. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

"Before the games, I write down what I want to do in the game, what result to achieve." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

"Never give up, play until the final whistle." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

In 2018 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 27 Apr 2018)

She was named in the Dream Team at the 2017 Dubai Sevens tournament. (world.rugby, 02 Dec 2017)

She received the 2016 Female Rugby Player of the Year award from the Rugby Union of Russia. (kras.mk.ru, 23 Dec 2016)