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

Fictional characters

• Yelena (Attack on Titan), a character in the manga series Attack on Titan
• Yelena Belova, a character in the Marvel Comics universe using the codename Black Widow

See also

• Jelena, a given name

External links

• Yelena at Behind the Name
• Yelena at Thinkbabynames