# Yelena

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

## Notable people called Yelena

* Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 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
* 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 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 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 Lyubimova (1925–1985), Soviet geologist known for her geothermal research
* 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 (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 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 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 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
* 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 metres and 3000 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), a character in the manga series Attack on Titan
* Yelena Belova, a character in the Marvel Comics universe using the codename Black Widow