Yelena

Yelena is a feminine given name. It is the Russian form of Helen, written Елена in Russian.

== Notable people called Yelena == Yelena Afanasyeva, multiple people Yelena Akhaminova (born 1961), former volleyball player for the Soviet Union Yelena Andreevna (born 1972), play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov Yelena Andreyeva (born 1969), Russian sprinter Yelena Andreyuk (born 1958), former volleyball player for the USSR Yelena Andrienko (born 1972), Russian ballet dancer Yelena Anokhina (born 1947), Soviet diver Yelena Antonova, several people Yelena Arshintseva (born 1971), retired female race walker from Russia Yelena Avdeyeva (1968–2023), Russian politician Yelena Azarova (born 1973), Russian Synchro-swimmer Yelena Baranova (born 1972), Russian professional basketball player Yelena Baturina (born 1963), Russian oligarch, Russia's richest woman Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), Russian pianist, composer and teacher Yelena Belevskaya (born 1963), retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Belarus since 1992 Yelena Belyakova (born 1976), former pole vaulter from Russia Yelena Bet (born 1976), Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s Yelena Bibikova (born 1956), Russian politician Yelena Biserova (born 1962), Soviet-Russian track and field hurdler Yelena Bobrova (born 1974), Russian ice hockey player Yelena Bogomazova (born 1982), Russian swimmer Yelena Bolsun (born 1983), Russian female sprint athlete Yelena Bondarchuk (1962–2009), Soviet and Russian stage and film actress Yelena Bonner (1923–2011), human rights activist in the former Soviet Union, wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov Yelena Budnik (born 1976), Belarusian sprinter Yelena Burukhina (born 1977), former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996 Yelena Byalkovskaya (born 1977), Russian ice hockey player Yelena Chebukina (born 1965), Soviet, Russian and Croatian volleyball player Yelena Chernetsova (born 1971), Kazakhstani cross-country skier Yelena Chernykh (1979–2011), Russian theatre actress Yelena Churakova (born 1986), Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles Yelena Davydova (born 1961), Soviet gymnast Yelena Dembo (born 1983), Greek International Master of chess Yelena Dendeberova (born 1969), medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, Olympic silver medallist Yelena Dergachyova (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player Yelena Dmitriyeva (born 1983), Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team Yelena Donskaya (1915–2016), Soviet sport shooter Yelena Drapeko (born 1948), Russian actress Yelena Dubok (born 1976), Kazakhstani biathlete Yelena Dudina (born 1966), Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s Yelena Dudnik (born 1978), Russian sport shooter Yelena Dudochkin, American singer Yelena Eckemoff, Russian-American soprano Yelena Ezau (born 1983), Kazakhstani volleyball player Yelena Gagarina (born 1959), Russian art historian Yelena Glikina (born 1969), Soviet fencer Yelena Godina (born 1977), Russian volleyball player Yelena Golesheva (born 1966), Russian track and field sprinter Yelena Gorchakova (1933–2002), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw event Yelena Granaturova (born 1953), Soviet tennis player Yelena Greshnyakova (born 1968), Russian politician Yelena Grigoryeva (1979–2019), Russian LGBT rights activist Yelena Grigoryeva (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater Yelena Grishina (born 1968), Soviet fencer Yelena Grudneva (born 1974), Russian gymnast Yelena Gruzinova (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia Yelena Gulyayeva, née Rodina (born 1967), retired Russian high jumper Yelena Guryeva (born 1958), field hockey player and Olympic medalist Yelena Hahn (1814–1843), Russian writer Yelena Ilyina (born 1967), Soviet speed skater Yelena Ilyukhina (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player Yelena Isinbayeva (born 1982), Russian pole vaulter Yelena Jemayeva (born 1971), Azerbaijani fencer Yelena Kalugina (born 1972), Belarusian cross-country skier Yelena Kashcheyeva (born 1973), Kazakhstani long jumper Yelena Katishonok, Russian-language writer Yelena Khanga (born 1961), author of Soul to Soul: The Story of a Black Russian American Family: 1865–1992 Yelena Khloptseva (born 1960), Russian rower and Olympic champion Yelena Khudashova (born 1965), Russian basketball player Yelena Kiselyova (1878–1974), Russian painter Yelena Klimenko, Kazakhstani handball player Yelena Kolesova (1920–1942), Soviet partisan Yelena Komarova (born 1985), Azerbaijani wrestler Yelena Kondakova (born 1957), the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space Yelena Kondulainen (born 1958), Soviet singer and actor Yelena Konevtseva (born 1981), female hammer thrower from Russia Yelena Konshina (born 1950), Russian composer and music educator Yelena Korban (born 1961), track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union Yelena Koreneva (born 1953), Russian actress Yelena Korobkina (born 1990), Russian middle-distance runner Yelena Korolyova (born 1973), Russian freestyle skier Yelena Kosolapova (born 1937), Soviet diver Yelena Kotelnikova (born 1969), Russian judoka Yelena Krivoshey (born 1977), Russian gymnast Yelena Kruglova (born 1962), Soviet swimmer Yelena Ksenofontova (born 1972), Russian stage and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia (2006) Yelena Kurzina (born 1960), Belarusian slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s Yelena Alexandrovna Kuzmina (1909–1979), Soviet actress Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), race walker from Kazakhstan Yelena Lanskaya (born 1968), American film director, producer and editor Yelena Lapuga (born 1964), Soviet speed skater Yelena Lapushkina (born 1968), Russian politician Yelena Lebedenko (born 1971), Russian heptathlete and triple jumper Yelena Lebedeva (born 1977), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s Yelena Leonova (born 1973), Soviet pair skater Yelena Leuchanka (born 1983), Belarusian professional women's basketball player Yelena Lyubimova (1925–1985), Soviet geologist known for her geothermal research Yelena Maciel (born 1988), Venezuelan actress Yelena Maglevannaya (born 1981), Russian free-lance journalist for the newspaper Svobodnoye Slovo, Free Speech, in Volgograd Yelena Makarova (born 1973), Russian swimmer Yelena Maksimova (1905–1986), Soviet actress Yelena Malysheva (born 1961), Russian physician and TV presenter Yelena Maryassova (born 1997), Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast Yelena Masyuk (born 1966), Russian television journalist, covered the First and Second Chechen Wars and her 1997 abduction Yelena Matiyevskaya (born 1961), Russian former rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics Yelena Matyushenko (born 1961), Soviet diver Yelena Medvedeva (born 1965), Soviet rowing coxswain Yelena Melnikova (born 1971), Russian biathlete Yelena Migunova (born 1984), Russian sprint athlete Yelena Mikulich (born 1977), Belarus rower Yelena Miroshina (1974–1995), diver from Russia Yelena Mizulina (born 1954), Russian politician Yelena Motalova (born 1971), long-distance runner from Russia Yelena Mukhina (1960–2006), Soviet gymnast Yelena Nagovitsyna (born 1982), Russian long-distance runner Yelena Naimushina (1964–2017), Soviet gymnast Yelena Nanaziashvili (born 1981), Kazakhstani long-distance runner Yelena Nazemnova (born 1980), Russian swimmer Yelena Nechayeva (born 1979), Russian fencer Yelena Nikolayeva (born 1966), Russian race walker Yelena Nikolayeva (journalist) (born 1985) Yelena Oblova (born 1988), Russian sailor Yelena Oleynikova (born 1976), Russian triple jumper Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner Yelena Ovchinnikova (born 1982), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming Yelena Paducheva (1935–2019), Russian linguist Yelena Panova, several people Yelena Parfenova (born 1974), Kazakhstani triple jumper Yelena Parkhomenko (born 1982), Azerbaijani volleyball player Yelena Partova (born 1985), Kazakhstani handball player Yelena Pavlova (born 1978), female volleyball player from Kazakhstan Yelena Perminova (born 1960), Russian politician Yelena Pershina (born 1963), retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan Yelena Petrova (born 1966), Russian former judoka who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics Yelena Petushkova (1940–2007), Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three Olympic medals Yelena Piraynen (born 1969), Belarusian cross-country skier Yelena Piskunova (born 1980), Uzbekistani sprinter Yelena Plotnikova (born 1978), volleyball player from Russia Yelena Plotnikova (archer) (born 1977), Kazakhstani archer Yelena Podkaminskaya (born 1979), Russian actress Yelena Polenova (1850–1898), Russian painter and designer, sister of Vasily Polenov Yelena Polenova (handballer) (born 1983), Russian handball player Yelena Portova (born 1985), Kazakhstani handball player Yelena Posevina (born 1986), Russian gymnast and Olympic champion Yelena Potapenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani modern pentathlete Yelena Priyma (born 1983), hammer thrower from Russia Yelena Produnova, also known as Elena (born 1980), Russian gymnast Yelena Prokhorova (born 1978), Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics Yelena Prokopcuka (born 1976), Latvian long-distance runner, won the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006 Yelena Protsenko (born 1968), Ukrainian-born Russian politician Yelena Provorova (born 2001), Russian ice hockey player Yelena Rabaya (born 1960), Russian sport shooter Yelena Rigert (born 1983), Russian hammer thrower Yelena Rojkova (born 1989), Turkmen swimmer Yelena Romanova (1963–2007), Russian middle distance runner Yelena Rudkovskaya (born 1973), Belarusian swimmer and Olympic champion Yelena Ruzina (born 1964), retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres Yelena Ryabova (born 1990), Turkmenistan short-distance runner Yelena Safonova (born 1956), Russian actress Yelena Samarina (1927–2011), Spanish actor Yelena Sayko (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia Yelena Serova (born 1976), Russian cosmonaut and politician Yelena Shalamova (born 1982), Russian rhythmic gymnast Yelena Shalina (born 1969), Russian cross-country skier Yelena Shalygina (born 1986), Kazakh wrestler Yelena Shatkovskaya (born 1957), Soviet and Russian scientist Yelena Shchapova (born 1950), Italian-Russian model, writer and poet Yelena Sheremeteva, 16th-century Russian noblewoman Yelena Shevchenko, multiple people Yelena Shidyanskaya, Greek-Russian military commander Yelena Shtelmaister (born 1977), Kazakhstani ice hockey player Yelena Shubina (born 1974), Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics Yelena Shulman (1969–2023), Russian voice actress Yelena Shushunova (1969–2018), Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion Yelena Shvaybovich (born 1966), Belarusian basketball player Yelena Sidorchenkova (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase Yelena Silina (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player Yelena Sinchukova (born 1961), Russian long and triple jumper Yelena Sinitsina (born 1971), Kazakhstani speed skater Yelena Sinkevich (born 1971), Belarusian cross-country skier Yelena Sipatova (born 1955), retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union Yelena Skalinskaya (born 1987), Kazakhstani swimmer Yelena Skrynnik (born 1961), First female Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation between March 2009 and May 2012 Yelena Skulskaya (born 1950), Estonian journalist and writer Yelena Slesarenko, née Sivushenko (born 1982), Russian high jumper Yelena Smurova (born 1974), Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics Yelena Soboleva (born 1982), Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres Yelena Solovey (born 1947), Soviet film actress Yelena Soya (born 1981), Russian Synchro-swimmer Yelena Stempkovskaya (1921–1942), Soviet radio operator Yelena Stepanenko (born 1953), Russian stand-up comic and actor Yelena Struchayeva (born 1965), Kazakhstani sport shooter Yelena Suyazova (born 1989), team handball player from Kazakhstan Yelena Svezhentseva (born 1968), javelin thrower from Uzbekistan Yelena Syuzeva (born 1987), Russian sailor Yelena Taranova (born 1961), Azerbaijani paralympic sport shooter, silver medalist of 2000 Summer Paralympics Yelena Tereshina (born 1959), Soviet rower Yelena Terleyeva (born 1985), USSR) Russian singer, best known for her hit "Solntse" Yelena Tikhanina (born 1977), Russian speed skater Yelena Timoshenko (born 1955), Russian swimmer Yelena Tissina (born 1977), Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s Yelena Tregubova (born 1973), Russian journalist, a critic of the president Vladimir Putin and his environment Yelena Trofimenko (born 1964), Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet Yelena Tsukhlo (born 1954), Belarusian marathon runner Yelena Tumanova (born 1965), Soviet speed skater Yelena Turysheva (born 1986), Russian cross-country skier Yelena Tyurina (born 1971), retired female volleyball player from Russia Yelena Tyushnyakova (born 1963), Russian speed skater Yelena Ubiyvovk (1918–1942), Soviet partisan Yelena Usievich (1893–1968), Russian writer and literary critic Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna (born 1968), Russian former cross-country skier Yelena Vasilevskaya (born 1978), Russian volleyball player Yelena Velikanova (born 1984), Russian actress Yelena Vinogradova (born 1964), female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union Yelena Volchetskaya (born 1943), Soviet and Belarusian artistic gymnast Yelena Volkova, several people Yelena Vorona (born 1976), Russian freestyle skier Yelena Yefimova (born 1948), Russian artist and sculptor and a member of the National Association of Art crafts and Guild masters Yelena Yelesina (born 1970), female high jumper from Russia Yelena Yemchuk (born 1970), professional photographer, painter and film director, known for her work with The Smashing Pumpkins Yelena Yevtyukhova (born 1970), Russian politician Yelena Yudina (born 1988), Russia skeleton racer who has been competing since 2005 Yelena Zadorozhnaya (born 1977), Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase Yelena Zakharova (born 1975), Russian actress Yelena Zgardan (born 1989), Russian handball player Yelena Zhukova (1906–1991), Russian artist Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (born 1960), retired female track and field athlete from Ukraine Yelena Zlenko (born 1967), Russian politician