Yelena Ilyichivna Polenova (russian: Елена Ильинична Полёнова) (born 20 August 1983 in

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Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

) is a Russian

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player, playing on the Russian women's national handball team."Oroszország"
''handball.hu'' – 2007 December 2 (Hungarian) (Retrieved on 20 December 2007) She won gold medal with the Russian winning team in the

2005 World Women's Handball Championship The 2005 World Women's Handball Championship, the 17th team handball world championship for women, was played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 5 and 18 December 2005. Russia won their second title. Qualification Preliminary round ''All times ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, and again in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in

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. She won a silver medal in the

2006 European Women's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Russia women's national handball team, Russia 27–24 in the final match. This ...

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References

1983 births Living people People from Oral, Kazakhstan Russian female handball players Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics {{Russia-handball-bio-stub