Yelena Andreyevna Provorova (, also

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as Elena Andreevna Provorova; born 22 November 2001) is a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; russian: Женская хоккейная лига, translit=Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga, translation=Women's Hockey League), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey leagu ...

(ZhHL) with

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod () are a Russian ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Nizhny Novgorod at the CEC Nagorny, which is also home to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the KHL. SKIF have won the Russian Championship in ...

. Provorova represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the

2021 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which was contested in Calgary, Alberta, from 20 to 31 August 2021, at WinSport Arena. It was origi ...

. She won a gold medal with the Russian team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2019 Winter Universiade The 2019 Winter Universiade (russian: Зимняя Универсиада 2019), the XXIX Universiade, was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes which took place from 2 to 12 March 2019 in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. The 2019 W ...

. As a

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player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championship tournaments in

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, and

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, winning a bronze medal in 2017. At the 2018 and 2019 tournaments, she was selected by the coaches as one of the Russia's top three players. Provorova made her senior club debut with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2016–17 ZhHL season and has played the entirety of her career with the club. She was selected to the ZhHL All-Star Game in 2020.

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* Living people 2001 births Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod Russian women's ice hockey defencemen HC SKIF players Universiade medalists in ice hockey Universiade gold medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Russia {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub