Yelena or Jelena is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. It is the
Russian
Russian(s) may refer to:
*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
form of
Helen, written Елена in Russian.
Notable people called Yelena
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Yelena Afanasyeva (athlete) (born 1967), former Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres
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Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (born 1975), member of the State Duma of Russia
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Yelena Akhaminova, former volleyball player for the Soviet Union
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Yelena Andreevna, play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
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Yelena Andreyuk, former volleyball player for the USSR
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Yelena Antonova (rower) (born 1952), rower from the Soviet Union
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Yelena Arshintseva (born 1971), retired female race walker from Russia
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Yelena Azarova (born 1973), Russian Synchro-swimmer
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Yelena Baranova (born 1972), Russian professional basketball player
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Yelena Baturina (born 1963), Russian oligarch, Russia's richest woman
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Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina (1882–1951), Russian pianist, composer and teacher
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Yelena Belevskaya (born 1963), retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Belarus since 1992
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Yelena Belova (biathlete) (born 1965), Russian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics
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Yelena Belyakova (born 1976), former pole vaulter from Russia
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Yelena Bet
Yelena Bet (sometimes listed as Alana Bets, born 2 May 1976) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the K-4 500 m event at Sydney in 2000 ...
(born 1976), Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s
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Yelena Bolsun (born 1983), Russian female sprint athlete
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Yelena Bondarchuk (1962–2009), Soviet and Russian stage and film actress
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Yelena Bonner (1923–2011), human rights activist in the former Soviet Union, wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov
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Yelena Burukhina
Yelena Burukhina (born March 9, 1977) is a former Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. She won two medals at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver (30 km) and a bronze (4 × 5 km relay).
Burukin ...
(born 1977), former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996
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Yelena Leonova
Elena Rudolfovna Leonova (; born 12 July 1973) is a Russian former pair skater. Representing the Soviet Union with Gennadi Krasnitski, she won the 1987 NHK Trophy, the 1989 Skate Canada International, and two World Junior Championships (1986 ...
(born 1973), former Soviet pair skater
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Yelena Chernykh
Yelena Chernykh (Cyrillic: Елена Черных) (August 24, 1979 – October 4, 2011) was a Russian theatre actress. She has been called "хрупкая красавица и вместе с тем необычайно выносливая ...
(1979–2011), Russian theatre actress
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Yelena Churakova
Yelena Anatolyevna Churakova (; born December 16, 1986) is a Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She participated in the 2012 Olympics, reaching a semifinal.
In January 2013, she tested positive for testoste ...
(born 1986), Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles
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Yelena Prokopcuka 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
* Yelen ...
(born 1976), Latvian long-distance runner, won the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006
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Yelena Smurova
Elena Yurievna Smurova (, born 18 January 1974) is a Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was the top scorer of the 2005 FINA Women's Water Polo World League, scoring a total number of 31 goals.
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(born 1974), Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 min ...
(born 1982), Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres
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Yelena Davydova
Yelena Viktorovna Davydova (; born 7 August 1961) is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual all-around champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She' ...
(born 1961), former Soviet gymnast
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Yelena Dembo
Yelena Dembo (born December 8, 1983) is a Greek chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess teacher and author.
Family background
Dembo was born on December 8, 1983, in Penza, Russia. Sh ...
(born 1983), Greek International Master of chess
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Yelena Dendeberova
Yelena Yuryevna Dendeberova (, born 4 May 1969) is a former medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She also competed in the 1992 Summer Olym ...
(born 1969), former medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, Olympic silver medallist
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Yelena Dmitriyeva (born 1983), Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team
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Yelena Drapeko (born 1948), Russian actress
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Yelena Dudina, Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s
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Yelena Glikina (born 1969), Soviet fencer
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Yelena Godina (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
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Yelena Gorchakova (1933–2002), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw event
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Yelena Grishina (born 1968), Soviet fencer
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Yelena Gruzinova (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia
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Yelena Gulyayeva, née Rodina (born 1967), retired Russian high jumper
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Yelena Guryeva (born 1958), field hockey player and Olympic medalist
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Yelena Ilyukhina (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
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Yelena Isinbayeva (born 1982), Russian pole vaulter
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Yelena Jemayeva (born 1971), Azerbaijani fencer
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Yelena Sokolova (long jumper) (born 1986), Russian long jumper
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Yelena Kashcheyeva (born 1973), Kazakhstani long jumper
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Yelena Khanga (born 1961), author of ''Soul to Soul: The Story of a Black Russian American Family: 1865 - 1992''
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Yelena Khloptseva (born 1960), Russian rower and Olympic champion
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Yelena Kondakova (born 1957), the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space
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Yelena Konevtseva (born 1981), female hammer thrower from Russia
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Yelena Konshina (born 1950), Russian composer and music educator
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Yelena Korban (born 1961), retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union
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Yelena Koreneva (born 1953), Russian actress
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Yelena Krivoshey (born 1977), Russian gymnast
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Yelena Kruglova (born 1962), former Soviet swimmer
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Yelena Ksenofontova (born 1972), Russian stage and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia (2006)
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Yelena Kurzina (born 1960), Belarusian slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
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Yelena Alexandrovna Kuzmina (1909–1979), Soviet actress
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Yelena Kuznetsova (born 1977), female race walker from Kazakhstan
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Yelena Lanskaya, American film director, producer and editor
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Yelena Lebedenko (born 1971), retired Russian heptathlete and triple jumper
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Yelena Lebedeva (born 1977), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
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Yelena Leuchanka (born 1983), Belarusian professional women's basketball player
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Yelena Lyubimova (1925–1985), Soviet geologist known for her geothermal research
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Yelena Maglevannaya (born 1981), Russian free-lance journalist for the newspaper Svobodnoye Slovo, Free Speech, in Volgograd
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Yelena Masyuk (born 1966), Russian television journalist, covered the First and Second Chechen Wars and her 1997 abduction
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Yelena Matiyevskaya (born 1961), Russian former rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Yelena Melnikova (born 1971), Russian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics
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Yelena Migunova (born 1984), in Kazan is a Russian sprint athlete
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Yelena Mikulich (born 1977), Belarus rower
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Yelena Miroshina (1974–1995), female diver from Russia
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Yelena Motalova (born 1971), long-distance runner from Russia
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Yelena Mukhina (born 1960), Soviet Gymnast
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Yelena Nechayeva (born 1979), Russian fencer
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Yelena Nikolayeva (born 1966), Russian race walker
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Yelena Nikolayeva (journalist) (born 1985)
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Yelena Ovchinnikova (born 1982), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
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Yelena Alexandrovna Panova, often Elena Panova (born 1979), professional female bodybuilder from Voronezh, Russia
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Yelena Viktorovna Panova also Elena Panova (born 1977), Russian actress from Arkhangelsk
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Yelena Parfenova (born 1974), Kazakhstani triple jumper
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Yelena Parkhomenko (born 1982), Azerbaijani volleyball player
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Yelena Partova (born 1985), Kazakhstani handball player
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Yelena Pavlova (born 1978), female volleyball player from Kazakhstan
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Yelena Pershina (born 1963), retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan
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Yelena Petrova (born 1966), Russian former judoka who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Yelena Petushkova (1940–2007), Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three Olympic medals
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Yelena Plotnikova (born 1978), female volleyball player from Russia
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Yelena Polenova (1850–1898), Russian painter and designer, sister of Vasily Polenov
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Yelena Posevina (born 1986), Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
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Yelena Priyma (born 1983), female hammer thrower from Russia
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Yelena Produnova, also known as Elena, (born 1980), female Russian gymnast
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Yelena Prokhorova (born 1978), Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Yelena Romanova (1963–2007), Russian middle distance runner
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Yelena Rudkovskaya (born 1973), Belarusian swimmer and Olympic champion
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Yelena Sokolova (long-distance runner) (born 1979), Russian long-distance runner
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Yelena Ruzina (born 1964), retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
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Yelena Safonova (born 1956), Russian actress
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Yelena Sayko (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia
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Yelena Shalamova (born 1982), Russian rhythmic gymnast
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Yelena Shalygina (born 1986), Kazakh wrestler
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Yelena Shubina (born 1974), Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Yelena Shushunova (1969–2018), Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion
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Yelena Sidorchenkova (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase
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Yelena Sipatova (born 1955), retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union
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Yelena Skrynnik, First female Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation between March 2009 and May 2012
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Yelena Slesarenko, née Sivushenko (born 1982), Russian high jumper
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Yelena Soboleva
Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva (, born 3 August 1982 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 min ...
(born 1982), Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres
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Yelena Solovey (born 1947), Soviet film actress
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Yelena Soya
Yelena Igorevna Soya ( born November 9, 1981) is a Russian Synchro-swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal in team competition in 2000 and won two European Championships (1999, 2000).
She was a member of national team in 1999-2000.
Her father ...
, Russian Synchro-swimmer
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Yelena Suyazova (born 1989), team handball player from Kazakhstan
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Yelena Svezhentseva (born 1968), retired female javelin thrower from Uzbekistan
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Yelena Antonova (synchronised swimmer) (born 1974), Russian Synchro-swimmer
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Yelena Taranova (born 1961), Azerbaijani paralympic sport shooter, silver medalist of 2000 Summer Paralympics
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Yelena Tereshina (born 1959), Soviet rower
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Yelena Terleyeva (born 1985), USSR) Russian singer, best known for her hit "Solntse"
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Yelena Tissina (born 1977), Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s
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Yelena Tregubova (born 1973), Russian journalist, a critic of the president Vladimir Putin and his environment
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Yelena Tripolski (born 1967), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
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Yelena Trofimenko (born 1964), Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet
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Yelena Tyurina (born 1971), retired female volleyball player from Russia
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Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna (born 1968), Russian former cross-country skier
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Yelena Vasilevskaya (born 1978), Russian volleyball player
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Yelena Vinogradova (born 1964), female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union
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Yelena Volkova (swimmer) (born 1968), Soviet swimmer and world champion
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Yelena Volkova (volleyball) (born 1960), former Soviet volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist
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Yelena Yefimova (born 1948), Russian artist and sculptor and a member of the National Association of Art crafts and Guild masters
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Yelena Yelesina (born 1970), female high jumper from Russia
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Yelena Yemchuk (born 1970), professional photographer, painter and film director, known for her work with The Smashing Pumpkins
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Yelena Yudina (born 1988), Russia skeleton racer who has been competing since 2005
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Yelena Zadorozhnaya (born 1977), Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
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Yelena Zakharova (born 1975), Russian actress
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Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (born 1960), retired female track and field athlete from Ukraine
Fictional characters
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Yelena (''Attack on Titan''), a character in the manga series ''
Attack on Titan
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to a ...
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Yelena Belova, a character in the
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...
universe using the codename
Black Widow
See also
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Jelena, a given name
External links
Yelena at Behind the NameYelena at Thinkbabynames
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