| Helena Olsson Smeby | |
|---|---|
 Smeby in Hinterzarten, 2013 | |
| Born | 15 November 1983 Sysslebäck, Sweden |
| Ski club | Sysslebäcks IF, Byåsen IL/Trønderhopp |
| Personal best | 174.5 m (573 ft) Vikersund, Mar 2004 |
Helena Olsson Smeby (born 15 November 1983) is a Norwegian ski jumper.
Smeby was born in Torsby, Sweden, and lives in Trondheim, Norway, where she represents the club Byåsen IL. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, where she placed sixteenth in the women's individual normal hill [1] She competes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the ladies normal hill. [2]
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