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Elena Georgescu is a Romanian coxswain who has won five Olympic medals in the women's eight event. She competed until 1991 under her maiden name.
Elena Vladimirovna Kolomina is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has been competing since 1998. She finished fifth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo and had her best individual finish of 21st in the sprint event at the 2001 championships in Lahti.
Elena Kaliská is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2019. Competing in four Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 2004 and 2008.
Elena Sergeyevna Vaytsekhovskaya is a former Soviet diver and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where she received a gold medal in 10 m platform. She won Bronze and Silver Medals for 10m diving at the European Championships in 1974 and 1977 respectively.
Elena Murgoci-Florea was a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.
Elena (Ileana) Săcălici-Petroşanu was a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1956 Olympic Games. She was a member of the team that won the first team Olympic medal (1956) and of the team that won the first team world medal (1958) for Romania.
Yelena Khloptseva is a rower from Belarus and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the double scull event with her partner Larisa Popova in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games representing the Soviet Union. She also won a bronze medal in the quadruple scull event at 1992 Moscow Barcelona Olympic Games. She also won various medals at World Rowing Championships.
Elena Horvat is a retired Romanian rower. She is a world champion and Olympic gold medallist in the coxless pair.
Elena Borisovna Tereshina is a Ukrainian rower. She competed in the eight for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics where she won the silver medal. Tereshina also won seven gold medals at the World Rowing Championships.
Yelena Gennadyevna Matiyevskaya is a Russian former rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Elena Pavlovna Belova ; born 25 July 1965) is a former Russian biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Elena Gemo is an Italian swimmer. She is 180 cm tall and weighs 69 kg.
Elena Tornikidou is an Uzbekistani-Russian former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. She played for the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1999 to 2001.
Elena Ivashchenko was a Russian judoka.
The Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. They lead the medal tally for women's artistic gymnastics with 88 medals including 33 gold. Larisa Latynina is also the most decorated female athlete at the Olympic games with a total of 18 medals. Soviet dominance was unprecedented in scale and longevity and was likely the result of the country's heavy investment in mass and elite sports to fulfill its political agenda.
Elena López Benaches is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.
Elena Todorova is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast.
Elena Benítez is a Spanish taekwondo practitioner. She was born in Málaga. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She won a gold medal in welterweight at the 1999 World Taekwondo Championships, by defeating by Mirjam Müskens in the final. Her achievements at the European Taekwondo Championships include bronze medals in 1986 and 1990, a silver medal in 1994, gold medals in 1996 and 1998, and a silver medal in 2000.
Elena Donati is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Ospitaletche Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
