Elina Danielian is the leading Armenian female player in the FIDE rating list.
In the earlier years of her career she won two world championship titles in
cadets back in 1992 and 1993. She won the First European Women Rapid Championship in 2001. She was
the first board of Armenia and led her team to the victory in European Team
Championship in 2001, while she won the gold medal on the first board.
She was the member of the victorious club in European
Club Cup 2006, namely MIKA Yerevan. Next year she helped her country to win the
bronze medal in European Team Championship 2007. She is a sports hero in her
own country and has the National Olympic Committee Medal for Merit.