Yelena Portova (born 5 September 1985) is a Kazakhstani

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. She was born in Shymkent. She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, where the Kazakhstani team placed 10th.

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* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Shymkent Kazakhstani female handball players Olympic handball players for Kazakhstan Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in handball Handball players at the 2006 Asian Games Handball players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-handball-bio-stub