Elena Baranova

Quick Facts

Full Name	Elena Baranova
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 28, 1972(1972-01-28)
Age	52
Birthplace	Bishkek
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Elena Baranova Biography

Elena Baranova is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on January 28, 1972 in Bishkek, Russia. Elena Viktorovna Baranova (Russian: Елена Викторовна Баранова ; born 28 January 1972) is a retired Russian 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.

Baranova was born in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. She started playing professional basketball at age 16, was included to the Soviet national team at the age of 17, won European Championship at the age of 19 in 1991, and became the Olympic champion at the age of 20 in 1992.

In her first WNBA season she led the League in blocked shots (2,25 blocks per game) and set the League’s single-game record for three-point field goals with 7 of 9 recorded 22 July 1997 at Madison Square Garden, New York. In 2001 WNBA season she got ‘The Bud Light Shooting Champion’ trophy as the League’s top free-throw shooter (with 93,1%). The same 2001 season she was selected to play in WNBA All-Star Game in Orlando to become the only player from Russia to represent her country at the All-Star Weekend, where she set WNBA All-Star Game record for blocked shots (4).

Also known as ‘Russian Queen’ and ‘SuperNova’, Elena shined in 7 WNBA seasons during 1997–2005: 3 for Utah Starzz, 1 for Miami Sol and 3 for New York Liberty. She took part in 220 games where she scored 2,215 points, leading her teams to the Conference Semifinals (2001, 2005) and Conference Final (2004) and proved her name and reputation as one of the best in Pro Basketball Women.

Baranova’s scoring and rebounding ability helped the Soviet national team to win gold medals at the 1991 European Championship and 1992 Olympics. She has played in 105 games for her National team (which is Russia all-time record for men and women), in which she scored over 1300 points representing her country at three Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2004), two World championships (1998, 2002) and seven European Championships (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003). At last 3 events she appeared as the captain of Russian national team (2002 World championship, 2003 European championship, 2004 Olympic Games).

Elena Baranova Net Worth

Elena Baranova is one of the richest Basketball Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elena Baranova 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Europe: 22 seasons, over 650 games, over 12,000 points, over 6,000 rebounds Stroitel Frounze (USSR, 1988–1989), Dynamo Moscow (USSR, 1989–1992), Elitzur Holon (Israel, 1992–1994), CSKA Moscow (Russia, 1994–1999), Bison Mytischi (Russia, 1999), Fenerbahçe Istanbul (Turkey, 1999–2000), Villa Pini Chieti (Italy, 2000–2001), UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia, 2001–2003), Dynamo Moscow (Russia, 2004–2005), Chevakata Vologda (Russia, 2006–2007), Ros Casares Valencia (Spain, 2007–2008), UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia, 2008–2009), Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia, 2009–2011), Chevakata Vologda (Russia, 2011–2012).

1991 European Champion as a member of USSR team (the last competition where USSR team took part), Elena led her country to the first Russian Gold medals in basketball at 2003 European Championship, where she also was selected to Europe ‘Top 5 Team’.

WNBA: 7 seasons, 220 games (178 started), 2,215 points, 1,403 rebounds Utah Starzz (1997, 1998, 1999), Miami Sol (2001), New York Liberty (2003, 2004, 2005).

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Facts & Trivia

Elena Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Elena Baranova celebrates birthday on January 28 of every year.