Yelena Nikolayevna Tyushnyakova (; born 4 January 1963) is a Soviet-born Russian retired speed skater and ice hockey player. She competed in two speed skating events at the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the Unified Team.

Tyushkanova also played ice hockey as a defenceman at the Russian national level. She served as the inaugural captain of the Russian Women's Hockey League (RWHL) team Metelitsa Chelyabinsk during the 1997–98 season. As of the 2021–22 season, she serves as the conditioning coach of the Belye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk (previously Metelitsa Chelyabinsk) in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; replaced RWHL in 2015).

Yelena Tyushnyakova

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1963 births

Living people

Belye Medveditsy players

Russian female speed skaters

Russian women's ice hockey defencemen

Olympic speed skaters for the Unified Team

Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk

Yelena Tyushnyakova