# Yelena

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**Yelena** is a feminine [given name](/source/Given_name). It is the [Russian](/source/Russian_language) form of [Helen](/source/Helen_(given_name)), written Елена in Russian.

## Notable people called Yelena

- [Yelena Afanasyeva](/source/Yelena_Afanasyeva_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Yelena Akhaminova](/source/Yelena_Akhaminova) (born 1961), former volleyball player for the Soviet Union
- [Yelena Andreevna](/source/Yelena_Andreevna) (born 1972), play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
- [Yelena Andreyeva](/source/Yelena_Andreyeva) (born 1969), Russian sprinter
- [Yelena Andreyuk](/source/Yelena_Andreyuk) (born 1958), former volleyball player for the USSR
- [Yelena Andrienko](/source/Yelena_Andrienko) (born 1972), Russian ballet dancer
- [Yelena Anokhina](/source/Yelena_Anokhina) (born 1947), Soviet diver
- [Yelena Antonova](/source/Yelena_Antonova_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Yelena Arshintseva](/source/Yelena_Arshintseva) (born 1971), retired female race walker from Russia
- [Yelena Avdeyeva](/source/Yelena_Avdeyeva) (1968–2023), Russian politician
- [Yelena Azarova](/source/Elena_Azarova) (born 1973), Russian Synchro-swimmer
- [Yelena Baranova](/source/Yelena_Baranova) (born 1972), Russian professional basketball player
- [Yelena Baturina](/source/Yelena_Baturina) (born 1963), Russian oligarch, Russia's richest woman
- [Yelena Bekman-Shcherbina](/source/Yelena_Bekman-Shcherbina) (1882–1951), Russian pianist, composer and teacher
- [Yelena Belevskaya](/source/Yelena_Belevskaya) (born 1963), retired athlete who represented the USSR until 1991 and Belarus since 1992
- [Yelena Belyakova](/source/Yelena_Belyakova) (born 1976), former pole vaulter from Russia
- [Yelena Bet](/source/Yelena_Bet) (born 1976), Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-2000s
- [Yelena Bibikova](/source/Yelena_Bibikova) (born 1956), Russian politician
- [Yelena Biserova](/source/Yelena_Biserova) (born 1962), Soviet-Russian track and field hurdler
- [Yelena Bobrova](/source/Yelena_Bobrova) (born 1974), Russian ice hockey player
- [Yelena Bogomazova](/source/Yelena_Bogomazova) (born 1982), Russian swimmer
- [Yelena Bolsun](/source/Yelena_Bolsun) (born 1983), Russian female sprint athlete
- [Yelena Bondarchuk](/source/Yelena_Bondarchuk) (1962–2009), Soviet and Russian stage and film actress
- [Yelena Bonner](/source/Yelena_Bonner) (1923–2011), human rights activist in the former Soviet Union, wife of dissident Andrei Sakharov
- [Yelena Budnik](/source/Yelena_Budnik) (born 1976), Belarusian sprinter
- [Yelena Burukhina](/source/Yelena_Burukhina) (born 1977), former Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1996
- [Yelena Byalkovskaya](/source/Yelena_Byalkovskaya) (born 1977), Russian ice hockey player
- [Yelena Chebukina](/source/Yelena_Chebukina) (born 1965), Soviet, Russian and Croatian volleyball player
- [Yelena Chernetsova](/source/Yelena_Chernetsova) (born 1971), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
- [Yelena Chernykh](/source/Yelena_Chernykh) (1979–2011), Russian theatre actress
- [Yelena Churakova](/source/Yelena_Churakova) (born 1986), Russian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles
- [Yelena Davydova](/source/Yelena_Davydova) (born 1961), Soviet gymnast
- [Yelena Dembo](/source/Yelena_Dembo) (born 1983), Greek International Master of chess
- [Yelena Dendeberova](/source/Yelena_Dendeberova) (born 1969), medley swimmer from the Soviet Union, Olympic silver medallist
- [Yelena Dergachyova](/source/Yelena_Dergachyova) (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
- [Yelena Dmitriyeva](/source/Yelena_Dmitriyeva) (born 1983), Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team
- [Yelena Donskaya](/source/Yelena_Donskaya) (1915–2016), Soviet sport shooter
- [Yelena Drapeko](/source/Yelena_Drapeko) (born 1948), Russian actress
- [Yelena Dubok](/source/Yelena_Dubok) (born 1976), Kazakhstani biathlete
- [Yelena Dudina](/source/Yelena_Dudina) (born 1966), Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1980s
- [Yelena Dudnik](/source/Yelena_Dudnik) (born 1978), Russian sport shooter
- [Yelena Dudochkin](/source/Yelena_Dudochkin), American singer
- [Yelena Eckemoff](/source/Yelena_Eckemoff), Russian-American soprano
- [Yelena Ezau](/source/Yelena_Ezau) (born 1983), Kazakhstani volleyball player
- [Yelena Gagarina](/source/Yelena_Gagarina) (born 1959), Russian art historian
- [Yelena Glikina](/source/Yelena_Glikina) (born 1969), Soviet fencer
- [Yelena Godina](/source/Yelena_Godina) (born 1977), Russian volleyball player
- [Yelena Golesheva](/source/Yelena_Golesheva) (born 1966), Russian track and field sprinter
- [Yelena Gorchakova](/source/Yelena_Gorchakova) (1933–2002), Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw event
- [Yelena Granaturova](/source/Yelena_Granaturova) (born 1953), Soviet tennis player
- [Yelena Greshnyakova](/source/Yelena_Greshnyakova) (born 1968), Russian politician
- [Yelena Grigoryeva](/source/Yelena_Grigoryeva) (1979–2019), Russian LGBT rights activist
- [Yelena Grigoryeva (figure skater)](/source/Yelena_Grigoryeva_(figure_skater)) (born 1974), Russian figure skater
- [Yelena Grishina](/source/Yelena_Grishina) (born 1968), Soviet fencer
- [Yelena Grudneva](/source/Yelena_Grudneva) (born 1974), Russian gymnast
- [Yelena Gruzinova](/source/Yelena_Gruzinova) (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia
- [Yelena Gulyayeva](/source/Yelena_Gulyayeva), née Rodina (born 1967), retired Russian high jumper
- [Yelena Guryeva](/source/Yelena_Guryeva) (born 1958), field hockey player and Olympic medalist
- [Yelena Hahn](/source/Yelena_Hahn) (1814–1843), Russian writer
- [Yelena Ilyina](/source/Yelena_Ilyina) (born 1967), Soviet speed skater
- [Yelena Ilyukhina](/source/Yelena_Ilyukhina) (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
- [Yelena Isinbayeva](/source/Yelena_Isinbayeva) (born 1982), Russian pole vaulter
- [Yelena Jemayeva](/source/Yelena_Jemayeva) (born 1971), Azerbaijani fencer
- [Yelena Kalugina](/source/Yelena_Kalugina) (born 1972), Belarusian cross-country skier
- [Yelena Kashcheyeva](/source/Yelena_Kashcheyeva) (born 1973), Kazakhstani long jumper
- [Yelena Katishonok](/source/Yelena_Katishonok), Russian-language writer
- [Yelena Khanga](/source/Yelena_Khanga) (born 1961), author of *Soul to Soul: The Story of a Black Russian American Family: 1865–1992*
- [Yelena Khloptseva](/source/Yelena_Khloptseva) (born 1960), Russian rower and Olympic champion
- [Yelena Khudashova](/source/Yelena_Khudashova) (born 1965), Russian basketball player
- [Yelena Kiselyova](/source/Yelena_Kiselyova) (1878–1974), Russian painter
- [Yelena Klimenko](/source/Yelena_Klimenko), Kazakhstani handball player
- [Yelena Kolesova](/source/Yelena_Kolesova) (1920–1942), Soviet partisan
- [Yelena Komarova](/source/Yelena_Komarova) (born 1985), Azerbaijani wrestler
- [Yelena Kondakova](/source/Yelena_Kondakova) (born 1957), the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space
- [Yelena Kondulainen](/source/Yelena_Kondulainen) (born 1958), Soviet singer and actor
- [Yelena Konevtseva](/source/Yelena_Konevtseva) (born 1981), female hammer thrower from Russia
- [Yelena Konshina](/source/Yelena_Konshina) (born 1950), Russian composer and music educator
- [Yelena Korban](/source/Yelena_Korban) (born 1961), track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union
- [Yelena Koreneva](/source/Yelena_Koreneva) (born 1953), Russian actress
- [Yelena Korobkina](/source/Yelena_Korobkina) (born 1990), Russian middle-distance runner
- [Yelena Korolyova](/source/Yelena_Korolyova) (born 1973), Russian freestyle skier
- [Yelena Kosolapova](/source/Yelena_Kosolapova) (born 1937), Soviet diver
- [Yelena Kotelnikova](/source/Yelena_Kotelnikova) (born 1969), Russian judoka
- [Yelena Krivoshey](/source/Yelena_Krivoshey) (born 1977), Russian gymnast
- [Yelena Kruglova](/source/Yelena_Kruglova) (born 1962), Soviet swimmer
- [Yelena Ksenofontova](/source/Yelena_Ksenofontova) (born 1972), Russian stage and film actress, Honored Artist of Russia (2006)
- [Yelena Kurzina](/source/Yelena_Kurzina) (born 1960), Belarusian slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
- [Yelena Alexandrovna Kuzmina](/source/Yelena_Alexandrovna_Kuzmina) (1909–1979), Soviet actress
- [Yelena Kuznetsova](/source/Yelena_Kuznetsova) (born 1977), race walker from Kazakhstan
- [Yelena Lanskaya](/source/Yelena_Lanskaya) (born 1968), American film director, producer and editor
- [Yelena Lapuga](/source/Yelena_Lapuga) (born 1964), Soviet speed skater
- [Yelena Lapushkina](/source/Yelena_Lapushkina) (born 1968), Russian politician
- [Yelena Lebedenko](/source/Yelena_Lebedenko) (born 1971), Russian heptathlete and triple jumper
- [Yelena Lebedeva](/source/Yelena_Lebedeva) (born 1977), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s
- [Yelena Leonova](/source/Yelena_Leonova) (born 1973), Soviet pair skater
- [Yelena Leuchanka](/source/Yelena_Leuchanka) (born 1983), Belarusian professional women's basketball player
- [Yelena Lyubimova](/source/Yelena_Lyubimova) (1925–1985), Soviet geologist known for her geothermal research
- [Yelena Maciel](/source/Yelena_Maciel) (born 1988), Venezuelan actress
- [Yelena Maglevannaya](/source/Yelena_Maglevannaya) (born 1981), Russian free-lance journalist for the newspaper Svobodnoye Slovo, Free Speech, in Volgograd
- [Yelena Makarova](/source/Yelena_Makarova) (born 1973), Russian swimmer
- [Yelena Maksimova](/source/Yelena_Maksimova) (1905–1986), Soviet actress
- [Yelena Malysheva](/source/Yelena_Malysheva) (born 1961), Russian physician and TV presenter
- [Yelena Maryassova](/source/Yelena_Maryassova) (born 1997), Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast
- [Yelena Masyuk](/source/Yelena_Masyuk) (born 1966), Russian television journalist, covered the First and Second Chechen Wars and her 1997 abduction
- [Yelena Matiyevskaya](/source/Yelena_Matiyevskaya) (born 1961), Russian former rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics
- [Yelena Matyushenko](/source/Yelena_Matyushenko) (born 1961), Soviet diver
- [Yelena Medvedeva](/source/Yelena_Medvedeva) (born 1965), Soviet rowing coxswain
- [Yelena Melnikova](/source/Yelena_Melnikova) (born 1971), Russian biathlete
- [Yelena Migunova](/source/Yelena_Migunova) (born 1984), Russian sprint athlete
- [Yelena Mikulich](/source/Yelena_Mikulich) (born 1977), Belarus rower
- [Yelena Miroshina](/source/Yelena_Miroshina) (1974–1995), diver from Russia
- [Yelena Mizulina](/source/Yelena_Mizulina) (born 1954), Russian politician
- [Yelena Motalova](/source/Yelena_Motalova) (born 1971), long-distance runner from Russia
- [Yelena Mukhina](/source/Yelena_Mukhina) (1960–2006), Soviet gymnast
- [Yelena Nagovitsyna](/source/Yelena_Nagovitsyna) (born 1982), Russian long-distance runner
- [Yelena Naimushina](/source/Yelena_Naimushina) (1964–2017), Soviet gymnast
- [Yelena Nanaziashvili](/source/Yelena_Nanaziashvili) (born 1981), Kazakhstani long-distance runner
- [Yelena Nazemnova](/source/Yelena_Nazemnova) (born 1980), Russian swimmer
- [Yelena Nechayeva](/source/Yelena_Nechayeva) (born 1979), Russian fencer
- [Yelena Nikolayeva](/source/Yelena_Nikolayeva_(racewalker)) (born 1966), Russian race walker
- [Yelena Nikolayeva (journalist)](/source/Yelena_Nikolayeva_(journalist)) (born 1985)
- [Yelena Oblova](/source/Yelena_Oblova) (born 1988), Russian sailor
- [Yelena Oleynikova](/source/Yelena_Oleynikova) (born 1976), Russian triple jumper
- [Yelena Sidorchenkova Orlova](/source/Yelena_Sidorchenkova_Orlova) (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner
- [Yelena Ovchinnikova](/source/Yelena_Ovchinnikova) (born 1982), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
- [Yelena Paducheva](/source/Yelena_Paducheva) (1935–2019), Russian linguist
- [Yelena Panova](/source/Yelena_Panova_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Yelena Parfenova](/source/Yelena_Parfenova) (born 1974), Kazakhstani triple jumper
- [Yelena Parkhomenko](/source/Yelena_Parkhomenko) (born 1982), Azerbaijani volleyball player
- [Yelena Partova](/source/Yelena_Partova) (born 1985), Kazakhstani handball player
- [Yelena Pavlova](/source/Yelena_Pavlova) (born 1978), female volleyball player from Kazakhstan
- [Yelena Perminova](/source/Yelena_Perminova) (born 1960), Russian politician
- [Yelena Pershina](/source/Yelena_Pershina) (born 1963), retired female long jumper from Kazakhstan
- [Yelena Petrova](/source/Yelena_Petrova) (born 1966), Russian former judoka who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
- [Yelena Petushkova](/source/Yelena_Petushkova) (1940–2007), Russian and former Soviet equestrian who won three Olympic medals
- [Yelena Piraynen](/source/Yelena_Piraynen) (born 1969), Belarusian cross-country skier
- [Yelena Piskunova](/source/Yelena_Piskunova) (born 1980), Uzbekistani sprinter
- [Yelena Plotnikova](/source/Yelena_Plotnikova) (born 1978), volleyball player from Russia
- [Yelena Plotnikova (archer)](/source/Yelena_Plotnikova_(archer)) (born 1977), Kazakhstani archer
- [Yelena Podkaminskaya](/source/Yelena_Podkaminskaya) (born 1979), Russian actress
- [Yelena Polenova](/source/Yelena_Polenova) (1850–1898), Russian painter and designer, sister of Vasily Polenov
- [Yelena Polenova (handballer)](/source/Yelena_Polenova_(handballer)) (born 1983), Russian handball player
- [Yelena Portova](/source/Yelena_Portova) (born 1985), Kazakhstani handball player
- [Yelena Posevina](/source/Yelena_Posevina) (born 1986), Russian gymnast and Olympic champion
- [Yelena Potapenko](/source/Yelena_Potapenko) (born 1993), Kazakhstani modern pentathlete
- [Yelena Priyma](/source/Yelena_Priyma) (born 1983), hammer thrower from Russia
- [Yelena Produnova](/source/Yelena_Produnova), also known as Elena (born 1980), Russian gymnast
- [Yelena Prokhorova](/source/Yelena_Prokhorova) (born 1978), Russian heptathlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- [Yelena Prokopcuka](/source/Yelena_Prokopcuka) (born 1976), Latvian long-distance runner, won the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006
- [Yelena Protsenko](/source/Yelena_Protsenko) (born 1968), Ukrainian-born Russian politician
- [Yelena Provorova](/source/Yelena_Provorova) (born 2001), Russian ice hockey player
- [Yelena Rabaya](/source/Yelena_Rabaya) (born 1960), Russian sport shooter
- [Yelena Rigert](/source/Yelena_Rigert) (born 1983), Russian hammer thrower
- [Yelena Rojkova](/source/Yelena_Rojkova) (born 1989), Turkmen swimmer
- [Yelena Romanova](/source/Yelena_Romanova) (1963–2007), Russian middle distance runner
- [Yelena Rudkovskaya](/source/Yelena_Rudkovskaya) (born 1973), Belarusian swimmer and Olympic champion
- [Yelena Ruzina](/source/Yelena_Ruzina) (born 1964), retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres
- [Yelena Ryabova](/source/Yelena_Ryabova) (born 1990), Turkmenistan short-distance runner
- [Yelena Safonova](/source/Yelena_Safonova) (born 1956), Russian actress
- [Yelena Samarina](/source/Yelena_Samarina) (1927–2011), Spanish actor
- [Yelena Sayko](/source/Yelena_Sayko) (born 1967), retired female race walker from Russia
- [Yelena Serova](/source/Yelena_Serova) (born 1976), Russian cosmonaut and politician
- [Yelena Shalamova](/source/Yelena_Shalamova) (born 1982), Russian rhythmic gymnast
- [Yelena Shalina](/source/Yelena_Shalina) (born 1969), Russian cross-country skier
- [Yelena Shalygina](/source/Yelena_Shalygina) (born 1986), Kazakh wrestler
- [Yelena Shatkovskaya](/source/Yelena_Shatkovskaya) (born 1957), Soviet and Russian scientist
- [Yelena Shchapova](/source/Yelena_Shchapova) (born 1950), Italian-Russian model, writer and poet
- [Yelena Sheremeteva](/source/Yelena_Sheremeteva), 16th-century Russian noblewoman
- [Yelena Shevchenko](/source/Yelena_Shevchenko_(disambiguation)), multiple people
- [Yelena Shidyanskaya](/source/Yelena_Shidyanskaya), Greek-Russian military commander
- [Yelena Shtelmaister](/source/Yelena_Shtelmaister) (born 1977), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
- [Yelena Shubina](/source/Yelena_Shubina) (born 1974), Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics
- [Yelena Shulman](/source/Yelena_Shulman) (1969–2023), Russian voice actress
- [Yelena Shushunova](/source/Yelena_Shushunova) (1969–2018), Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion
- [Yelena Shvaybovich](/source/Yelena_Shvaybovich) (born 1966), Belarusian basketball player
- [Yelena Sidorchenkova](/source/Yelena_Sidorchenkova) (born 1980), Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase
- [Yelena Silina](/source/Yelena_Silina) (born 1987), Russian ice hockey player
- [Yelena Sinchukova](/source/Yelena_Sinchukova) (born 1961), Russian long and triple jumper
- [Yelena Sinitsina](/source/Yelena_Sinitsina) (born 1971), Kazakhstani speed skater
- [Yelena Sinkevich](/source/Yelena_Sinkevich) (born 1971), Belarusian cross-country skier
- [Yelena Sipatova](/source/Yelena_Sipatova) (born 1955), retired long-distance runner from the Soviet Union
- [Yelena Skalinskaya](/source/Yelena_Skalinskaya) (born 1987), Kazakhstani swimmer
- [Yelena Skrynnik](/source/Yelena_Skrynnik) (born 1961), First female Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation between March 2009 and May 2012
- [Yelena Skulskaya](/source/Yelena_Skulskaya) (born 1950), Estonian journalist and writer
- [Yelena Slesarenko](/source/Yelena_Slesarenko), née Sivushenko (born 1982), Russian high jumper
- [Yelena Smurova](/source/Yelena_Smurova) (born 1974), Russian water polo player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- [Yelena Soboleva](/source/Yelena_Soboleva) (born 1982), Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres
- [Yelena Solovey](/source/Yelena_Solovey) (born 1947), Soviet film actress
- [Yelena Soya](/source/Yelena_Soya) (born 1981), Russian Synchro-swimmer
- [Yelena Stempkovskaya](/source/Yelena_Stempkovskaya) (1921–1942), Soviet radio operator
- [Yelena Stepanenko](/source/Yelena_Stepanenko) (born 1953), Russian stand-up comic and actor
- [Yelena Struchayeva](/source/Yelena_Struchayeva) (born 1965), Kazakhstani sport shooter
- [Yelena Suyazova](/source/Yelena_Suyazova) (born 1989), team handball player from Kazakhstan
- [Yelena Svezhentseva](/source/Yelena_Svezhentseva) (born 1968), javelin thrower from Uzbekistan
- [Yelena Syuzeva](/source/Yelena_Syuzeva) (born 1987), Russian sailor
- [Yelena Taranova](/source/Yelena_Taranova) (born 1961), Azerbaijani paralympic sport shooter, silver medalist of 2000 Summer Paralympics
- [Yelena Tereshina](/source/Yelena_Tereshina) (born 1959), Soviet rower
- [Yelena Terleyeva](/source/Yelena_Terleyeva) (born 1985), USSR) Russian singer, best known for her hit "Solntse"
- [Yelena Tikhanina](/source/Yelena_Tikhanina) (born 1977), Russian speed skater
- [Yelena Timoshenko](/source/Yelena_Timoshenko) (born 1955), Russian swimmer
- [Yelena Tissina](/source/Yelena_Tissina) (born 1977), Russian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s
- [Yelena Tregubova](/source/Yelena_Tregubova) (born 1973), Russian journalist, a critic of the president Vladimir Putin and his environment
- [Yelena Trofimenko](/source/Yelena_Trofimenko) (born 1964), Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress, poet
- [Yelena Tsukhlo](/source/Yelena_Tsukhlo) (born 1954), Belarusian marathon runner
- [Yelena Tumanova](/source/Yelena_Tumanova) (born 1965), Soviet speed skater
- [Yelena Turysheva](/source/Yelena_Turysheva) (born 1986), Russian cross-country skier
- [Yelena Tyurina](/source/Yelena_Tyurina) (born 1971), retired female volleyball player from Russia
- [Yelena Tyushnyakova](/source/Yelena_Tyushnyakova) (born 1963), Russian speed skater
- [Yelena Ubiyvovk](/source/Yelena_Ubiyvovk) (1918–1942), Soviet partisan
- [Yelena Usievich](/source/Yelena_Usievich) (1893–1968), Russian writer and literary critic
- [Yelena Välbe](/source/Yelena_V%C3%A4lbe), née Trubitsyna (born 1968), Russian former cross-country skier
- [Yelena Vasilevskaya](/source/Yelena_Vasilevskaya) (born 1978), Russian volleyball player
- [Yelena Velikanova](/source/Yelena_Velikanova) (born 1984), Russian actress
- [Yelena Vinogradova](/source/Yelena_Vinogradova) (born 1964), female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union
- [Yelena Volchetskaya](/source/Yelena_Volchetskaya) (born 1943), Soviet and Belarusian artistic gymnast
- [Yelena Volkova](/source/Yelena_Volkova_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Yelena Vorona](/source/Yelena_Vorona) (born 1976), Russian freestyle skier
- [Yelena Yefimova](/source/Yelena_Yefimova) (born 1948), Russian artist and sculptor and a member of the National Association of Art crafts and Guild masters
- [Yelena Yelesina](/source/Yelena_Yelesina) (born 1970), female high jumper from Russia
- [Yelena Yemchuk](/source/Yelena_Yemchuk) (born 1970), professional photographer, painter and film director, known for her work with The Smashing Pumpkins
- [Yelena Yevtyukhova](/source/Yelena_Yevtyukhova) (born 1970), Russian politician
- [Yelena Yudina](/source/Yelena_Yudina) (born 1988), Russia skeleton racer who has been competing since 2005
- [Yelena Zadorozhnaya](/source/Yelena_Zadorozhnaya) (born 1977), Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase
- [Yelena Zakharova](/source/Yelena_Zakharova) (born 1975), Russian actress
- [Yelena Zgardan](/source/Yelena_Zgardan) (born 1989), Russian handball player
- [Yelena Zhukova](/source/Yelena_Zhukova) (1906–1991), Russian artist
- [Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova](/source/Yelena_Zhupiyeva-Vyazova) (born 1960), retired female track and field athlete from Ukraine
- [Yelena Zlenko](/source/Yelena_Zlenko) (born 1967), Russian politician

## Fictional characters

- [Yelena (*Attack on Titan*)](/source/Yelena_(Attack_on_Titan)), a character in the manga series *Attack on Titan*
- [Yelena Belova](/source/Yelena_Belova), a character in the Marvel Comics universe using the codename Black Widow

## See also

- [Jelena](/source/Jelena), a given name

## External links

- [Yelena at Behind the Name](http://www.behindthename.com/name/yelena)
- [Yelena at Thinkbabynames](http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Yelena)

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