1. «Sport Russia»
The work is made by
a pupil of
the 11 B form of
Gymnasium № 1
Kotelnikova
Ekaterina
Dmitriyevna

2. Sohryakova Elena
Elena Sohryakova is a
master of sports of Russia in
skating.
She was born on November
4th, 1990. Elena is a secondyear student at the Ivanovo
Power Engineering
University.

3. She began skating
practicing in 1999. Elena
is coached by Olga
Kuvshinova – a coach of
the highest category - at
youth sports school of
Olympic reserve № 8
"Spartacus."

4. An athlete was in the
youth team of Russia in
2008-09. She was a
member of the core
team of Russian Speed ​
Skating Championships
in 2010-2011. Elena was
a candidate of the
country's Olympic team
for the Olympic Games
in Vancouver in 2010.

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In 2009, Helen became the first in the
Russian Cup Championships in Moscow
(distances - 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000
m). The same year at the World Cup in the
Netherlands, Elena Sohryakova was the
best skater on the sum of all-around and
won a silver medal in the distances of 500,
1,000, 1,500 and 3,000 m. Exactly the
same result the athlete showed in the
Championship of Russia among juniors in
Kolomna.
The skater won a "silver" at a distance of
1000 m and a "bronze" at a distance of
3000 m at the I All-Russian Winter
Universiade 2010 In March 2010, Helen
became the winner of the World Junior
Championship: the 3rd place - at 3000m
and the 4th place - in the command race.

6. After these victories the athlete
has moved from the category
of "juniors" in the main
women's national team. Elena
Sohryakova took part in the
qualifying rounds for the
World Cup, where she won
the first place at the 3000
and 5000 meters in 2010 and
became the gold medalist of
the World Cup 3 in Norway at
a distance of 5000 m. In
March 2011 Elena won two
gold medals of the Russian
Championship in Chelyabinsk
(distance - 3000 and
5000m).

7.  Elena participates every
year in the relay race for
the prize of the
newspaper "The working
area" and "The Cross of
Nations", takes part in
all the cultural events
held in the city.
 In addition to the sport,
Elena enjoys reading
books and she is fond of
computers.