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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

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