Jelena Popović (born 4 September 1984) is a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

er who plays for the French club Nantes Handball and the Serbian national team.

Club career

Jelena played for the RK Medicinar Šabac, HC Naisa Niš,

Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje WHC Gjorche Petrov () is a female handball club based in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1979 under the name ''Women's Handball Club Gjorče Petrov''. Kometal Gjorče Petrov stopped its work on 16 Septem ...

, ŽRK Zaječar, ES Besançon and currently she is a member of the French team Nantes Handball.

National team

Popović represented Serbia and Montenegro at the

2005 Mediterranean Games The XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 (XV Juegos del Mediterráneo 2005 in Spanish), commonly known as the 2005 Mediterranean Games, were the 15th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Almería, Spain over 10 days, from 24 June to 3 Ju ...

and won a silver medal. She played for the Serbian national team at the 2012 European Handball Championship when the team finished 4th.

References

External links

EHF Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Popovic, Jelena Living people 1984 births Serbs of Croatia Sportspeople from Karlovac Serbian female handball players 21st-century Serbian sportswomen Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate handball players in France Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Handball players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Serbia and Montenegro female handball players Brest Bretagne players