# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yelena-afanasyeva
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:37:28.500Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yelena-afanasyeva"
name: "Yelena Afanasyeva"
slug: "yelena-afanasyeva"
description: "Yelena Aleksandrovna Vlasova-Afanasyeva is a former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships silver medal. The same year she achieved the time of 1:56.61 minutes in Zurich. Afanasyeva retired after the 2001 season."
tagline: "Russian middle-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1967-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.0045
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasieva"
    title: "Jelena Afanasieva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "يلينا أفاناسييفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%82%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "يايلينا افاناسيڤا (منافسه العاب قوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasjevov%C3%A1"
    title: "Jelena Afanasjevová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Alexandrowna_Afanassjewa"
    title: "Jelena Alexandrowna Afanassjewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Afanasyeva_(athlete)"
    title: "Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Afan%C3%A1sieva"
    title: "Yelena Afanásieva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Afanasyeva"
    title: "Yelena Afanasyeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Afanas'eva"
    title: "Elena Afanas'eva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasjeva"
    title: "Jelena Afanasjeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasieva"
    title: "Jelena Afanasieva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasjewa"
    title: "Jelena Afanasjewa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0)"
    title: "Афанасьева, Елена Александровна (легкоатлетка)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Afanasjeva"
    title: "Jelena Afanasjeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump