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'''Yelena''' or '''Jelena''' is a feminine [[given name]]. It is the [[Russian language|Russian]] form of [[Helen (given name)|Helen]], written Елена in Russian.
== Notable people called Yelena ==
*[[Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete)]] (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800&nbsp;metres
*[[Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva]] (born 1975), member of the State Duma of Russia
*[[Yelena Akhaminova]], former volleyball player for the Soviet Union
*[[Yelena Andreevna]], play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
*[[Yelena Andreyuk]], former volleyball player for the USSR
*[[Yelena Antonova (rower)]] (born 1952), rower from the Soviet Union
*[[Yelena Arshintseva]] (born 1971), retired female race walker from Russia
*[[Elena Azarova|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 Belova (biathlete)]] (born 1965), Russian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics
*[[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 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 Burukhina]] (born 1977), former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996
*[[Yelena Leonova]] (born 1973), former Soviet pair skater
*[[Yelena Chernykh]] (1979–2011), Russian theatre actress
*[[Yelena Churakova]] (born 1986), Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400&nbsp;metres hurdles
*[[Yelena Prokopcuka]] (born 1976), Latvian long-distance runner, won the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006
*[[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&nbsp;metres
*[[Yelena Davydova]] (born 1961), former Soviet gymnast
*[[Yelena Dembo]] (born 1983), Greek International Master of chess
*[[Yelena Dendeberova]] (born 1969), former medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, Olympic silver medallist
*[[Yelena Dmitriyeva]] (born 1983), Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team
*[[Yelena Drapeko]] (born 1948), Russian actress
*[[Yelena Dudina]], Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s
*[[Yelena Glikina]] (born 1969), Soviet fencer
*[[Yelena Godina]] (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
*[[Yelena Gorchakova]] (1933–2002), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw event
*[[Yelena Grishina]] (born 1968), Soviet fencer
*[[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 Ilyukhina]] (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
*[[Yelena Isinbayeva]] (born 1982), Russian pole vaulter
*[[Yelena Jemayeva]] (born 1971), Azerbaijani fencer
*[[Yelena Sokolova (long jumper)]] (born 1986), Russian long jumper
*[[Yelena Kashcheyeva]] (born 1973), Kazakhstani long jumper
*[[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 Kondakova]] (born 1957), the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space
*[[Yelena Konevtseva]] (born 1981), female hammer thrower from Russia
*[[Yelena Konshina]] (born 1950), Russian composer and music educator
*[[Yelena Korban]] (born 1961), retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union
*[[Yelena Koreneva]] (born 1953), Russian actress
*[[Yelena Krivoshey]] (born 1977), Russian gymnast
*[[Yelena Kruglova]] (born 1962), former 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), female race walker from Kazakhstan
*[[Yelena Lanskaya]], American film director, producer and editor
*[[Yelena Lebedenko]] (born 1971), retired Russian heptathlete and triple jumper
*[[Yelena Lebedeva]] (born 1977), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
*[[Yelena Leuchanka]] (born 1983), Belarusian professional women's basketball player
*[[Yelena Maglevannaya]] (born 1981), Russian free-lance journalist for the newspaper Svobodnoye Slovo, Free Speech, in Volgograd
*[[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 Melnikova]] (born 1971), Russian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics
*[[Yelena Migunova]] (born 1984), in Kazan is a Russian sprint athlete
*[[Yelena Mikulich]] (born 1977), Belarus rower
*[[Yelena Miroshina]] (1974–1995), female diver from Russia
*[[Yelena Motalova]] (born 1971), long-distance runner from Russia
*[[Yelena Mukhina]] (born 1960), Soviet Gymnast
*[[Yelena Nechayeva]] (born 1979), Russian fencer
*[[Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)|Yelena Nikolayeva]] (born 1966), Russian race walker
* [[Yelena Nikolayeva (journalist)]] (born 1985)
*[[Yelena Ovchinnikova]] (born 1982), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
*[[Yelena Alexandrovna Panova]], often Elena Panova (born 1979), professional female bodybuilder from Voronezh, Russia
*[[Yelena Viktorovna Panova]] also Elena Panova (born 1977), Russian actress from Arkhangelsk
*[[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 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 Plotnikova]] (born 1978), female volleyball player from Russia
*[[Yelena Polenova]] (1850–1898), Russian painter and designer, sister of Vasily Polenov
*[[Yelena Posevina]] (born 1986), Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
*[[Yelena Priyma]] (born 1983), female hammer thrower from Russia
*[[Yelena Produnova]], also known as Elena, (born 1980), female Russian gymnast
*[[Yelena Prokhorova]] (born 1978), Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
*[[Yelena Romanova]] (1963–2007), Russian middle distance runner
*[[Yelena Rudkovskaya]] (born 1973), Belarusian swimmer and Olympic champion
*[[Yelena Sokolova (long-distance runner)]] (born 1979), Russian long-distance runner
*[[Yelena Ruzina]] (born 1964), retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400&nbsp;metres
*[[Yelena Safonova]] (born 1956), Russian actress
*[[Yelena Sayko]] (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia
*[[Yelena Shalamova]] (born 1982), Russian rhythmic gymnast
*[[Yelena Shalygina]] (born 1986), Kazakh wrestler
*[[Yelena Shubina]] (born 1974), Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
*[[Yelena Shushunova]] (1969–2018), Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion
*[[Yelena Sidorchenkova]] (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000&nbsp;metres steeplechase
*[[Yelena Sipatova]] (born 1955), retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union
*[[Yelena Skrynnik]], First female Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation between March 2009 and May 2012
*[[Yelena Slesarenko]], née Sivushenko (born 1982), Russian high jumper
*[[Yelena Soboleva]] (born 1982), Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500&nbsp;metres
*[[Yelena Solovey]] (born 1947), Soviet film actress
*[[Yelena Soya]], Russian Synchro-swimmer
*[[Yelena Suyazova]] (born 1989), team handball player from Kazakhstan
*[[Yelena Svezhentseva]] (born 1968), retired female javelin thrower from Uzbekistan
*[[Yelena Antonova (synchronised swimmer)]] (born 1974), Russian Synchro-swimmer
*[[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 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
*[[Jelena Tripolski|Yelena Tripolski]] (born 1967), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
*[[Yelena Trofimenko]] (born 1964), Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet
*[[Yelena Tyurina]] (born 1971), retired female volleyball player from Russia
*[[Yelena Välbe]], née Trubitsyna (born 1968), Russian former cross-country skier
*[[Yelena Vasilevskaya]] (born 1978), Russian volleyball player
*[[Yelena Vinogradova]] (born 1964), female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union
*[[Yelena Volkova (swimmer)]] (born 1968), Soviet swimmer and world champion
*[[Yelena Volkova (volleyball)]] (born 1960), former Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
*[[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 Yudina]] (born 1988), Russia skeleton racer who has been competing since 2005
*[[Yelena Zadorozhnaya]] (born 1977), Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000&nbsp;metres and 3000&nbsp;metres steeplechase
*[[Yelena Zakharova]] (born 1975), Russian actress
*[[Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova]] (born 1960), retired female track and field athlete from Ukraine
==Fictional characters==
*[[Yelena (Attack on Titan)|Yelena (''Attack on Titan'')]], a character in the manga series ''[[Attack on Titan]]''
*[[Black Widow (Yelena Belova)|Yelena Belova]], a character in the [[Marvel Comics]] universe using the codename [[Black Widow (Marvel Comics)|Black Widow]]
==See also==
* [[Jelena]], a given name
== External links ==
*[http://www.behindthename.com/name/yelena Yelena at Behind the Name]
*[http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Yelena Yelena at Thinkbabynames]
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