Yelena Leuchanka
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Born | Homel, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union | 30 April 1983|||||||||||
Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
College |
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WNBA draft | 2006: undrafted | |||||||||||
Playing career | 2006–present | |||||||||||
Position | Center | |||||||||||
Number | 20 | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
2006 | Charlotte Sting | |||||||||||
2006–2008 | TEO Vilnius | |||||||||||
2007 | →Estudiantes | |||||||||||
2007 | Washington Mystics | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | Ekaterinburg | |||||||||||
2009–2010 | Galatasaray | |||||||||||
2010 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | |||||||||||
2010 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||
2011 | Wisła Kraków | |||||||||||
2011–2013 | Ekaterinburg | |||||||||||
2012 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||||
2013–2014 | Good Angels Košice | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | Xinjiang Tishan Deers | |||||||||||
2021 | Panathinaikos | |||||||||||
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Yelena Leuchanka (Belarusian: Алена Сцяпанаўна Леўчанка; born 30 April 1983) is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player who last play for Panathinaikos.
Biography
[edit]Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college career at Seminole Junior College.[1] She also attended West Virginia University after transferring from Wabash Valley Junior College.[1]
During the seasons 2011-12 and 2012-13 she was a member of the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States and UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian Superleague.[1]
On 30 September 2020 Leuchanka was arrested at the Minsk National Airport.[2] She was sentenced to 15 days of arrest for her participation in the 2020 Belarusian protests against the rule of president Alexander Lukashenko.[3] She was re-arrested immediately after her release on the 15th of October, for unclear reasons.[4]
West Virginia statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year[5] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2003-04 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | - | - | 100.0 | 8.0 | - | - | 1.0 | 4.0 |
2004-05 | West Virginia | 10 | 74 | 55.6 | - | 57.1 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
2005-06 | West Virginia | 31 | 237 | 56.9 | - | 77.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 7.6 |
Career | West Virginia | 42 | 315 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 76.4 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
National team
[edit]A member of the Belarus women's national basketball team, Leuchanka competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics for her country after leading the squad at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June 2008. She also competed at EuroBasket Women 2007 and EuroBasket Women 2009 for Belarus.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Player Biography WNBA.com
- ^ "Sports news feed: Yelena Leuchanka arrested at Minsk airport". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Belarusian basketball champion arrested". PledgeTimes. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Belarusian Ex-WNBA Player Leuchanka Rearrested, Fined After Jail Release over Protest". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Belarusian expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Belarusian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Belarusian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Belarusian women's basketball players
- Centers (basketball)
- Charlotte Sting players
- Belarusian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- Guangdong Vermilion Birds players
- Jiangsu Phoenix players
- Liaoning Flying Eagles players
- Olympic basketball players for Belarus
- Panathinaikos WBC players
- Seminole State College of Florida alumni
- Sportspeople from Gomel
- Undrafted Women's National Basketball Association players
- Wabash Valley Warriors women's basketball players
- Washington Mystics players
- European basketball biography stubs
- Belarusian sportspeople stubs