List of Famous people named Elena
Elena Ruiz
Elena Ruiz Barril is a Spanish water polo player who won the silver medal with the Spain women's national water polo team at the 2020 Summer Olympics celebrated in Tokyo, Japan.
Elena Benarroch
Elena Benarroch is a Moroccan-Spanish fashion designer born in Tangier in 1955 within a Moroccan Jewish family. She opened a furrier's in Madrid in 1979 and has won many awards in Spain.
Elena Salgado
Elena Salgado Méndez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and held several ministerial portfolios during her political career.
Elena Fanchini
Elena Fanchini is a former alpine ski racer from Italy. She was born and lives in Val Camonica, she focused on the speed events of downhill and super-G. Her younger sisters Nadia and Sabrina also raced on the Italian team.
Elena Tretyakova
Elena Nikolaevna Tretyakova is a Russian singer, bassist, and a former member of the Russian girl pop group Ranetki.
Elena Quinteros Almeida
Elena Quinteros was a Uruguayan school teacher arrested and killed during the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay.
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva is a Russian former professional tennis player. She won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She won 16 WTA singles titles, reached the finals of the 2004 French Open and 2004 US Open and reached seven other Grand Slam semifinals. Dementieva was also part of the Russian team that won the 2005 Fed Cup. In doubles, she won the 2002 WTA Championships with Janette Husárová and was the runner-up in two US Open doubles finals – in 2002 with Husárová and in 2005 with Flavia Pennetta. Dementieva achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 3, which was accomplished on 6 April 2009. She announced her retirement on 29 October 2010, after her final match at the 2010 WTA Championships. Between 2003 and 2010, she only ended one year, in 2007, outside the top 10. She is considered to be one of the most talented players never to have won a Grand Slam tournament.
Elena Kruchinkina
Elena Kruchinkina is a Belarusian biathlete. She has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2018.
Elena Gómez
Elena Gómez Servera is a Spanish former artistic gymnast. Her best event was floor exercise. She is one of the best gymnasts that Spain has had in the history of this sport, being the only one to get a gold medal in a world championship.
Elena Pirozhkova
Elena Sergey Pirozhkova is a Russian-born American wrestler who competes for the United States Olympic team. Wrestling in the 63 kg weight class, she won the gold medal at the Pan American championships in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2010, she won the silver medal at the World Championship games. She placed 5th at the 2011 World Championships. Pirozhkova was born in Russia but grew up in Greenfield, Massachusetts.