Yelena Andreyevna Provorova (, also

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as Elena Andreevna Provorova; born 22 November 2001) is a Russian

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player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League or ZhHL (), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Russia, currently comprising eight teams. The league is also known as the PariMatch Women's Hockey League for sponso ...

(ZhHL) with

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HK SKIF Nizhny Novgorod () were a Russian professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) until 2022, at which time their league rights were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo and the team became ZhHK Torpedo. HC SKIF played ...

. Provorova represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the

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. She won a gold medal with the Russian team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2019 Winter Universiade The 2019 Winter Universiade (), the XXIX Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes which took place from 2 to 12 March 2019 in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. The 2019 Winter Universiade was the third Universia ...

. As a

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player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championship tournaments in

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, and

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, winning a bronze medal in 2017. At the 2018 and 2019 tournaments, she was selected by the coaches as one of the Russia's top three players. Provorova made her senior club debut with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2016–17 ZhHL season and has played the entirety of her career with the club. She was selected to the ZhHL All-Star Game in 2020.

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* Living people 2001 births Ice hockey people from Nizhny Novgorod Russian women's ice hockey defencemen HC SKIF players Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub