Yelena Polenova (handballer)

For the Russian painter, see Yelena Polenova.

Yelena Ilyichivna Polenova (Russian: Елена Ильинична Полёнова) (born 20 August 1983 in Uralsk, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian team handball player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team.^[2] She won gold medal with the Russian winning team in the 2005 World Women's Handball Championship in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and again in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France. She won a silver medal in the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship in Sweden. At the 2008 Olympics she won silver medals with the Russian team.

Yelena Ilyichivna Polenova
Personal information
Born	(1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 41) Uralsk, Kazakh SSR
Nationality	Russian
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2000-2005	Dinamo Volgograd
2005-2010	Zvezda Zvenigorod
2010-2011	HC Astrakhanochka
2011-2012	Le Havre AC
2012-?	Blanzat Sport Montluçon
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Russia	106	(392[1])
Medal record Representing  Russia Women's handball Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championship 2005 Russia Team 2007 France Team European Championship 2006 Sweden Team 2008 Macedonia Team

Career

In 2005 she joined Dinamo Volgograd from Zvezda Zvenigorod. Here she won the 2007 Russian championship and EHF European League and the 2008 EHF Champions League.^[3] In 2011-12 she played a single season at HC Astrakhanochka, before joining Le Havre AC in the French league.^[1] After a year she joined Blanzat Sport Montluçon.^[4]