Yelena Andreyevna Provorova (Russian: Елена Андреевна Проворова, also romanized as Elena Andreevna Provorova; born 22 November 2001) is a Russian ice hockey player and member of the Russian national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod.

Yelena Provorova
Елена Проворова
Born (2001-11-22) November 22, 2001 (age 22)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
ZhHL team SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
National team  Russia
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Ice hockey

Provorova represented the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1] She won a gold medal with the Russian team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. As a junior player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championship tournaments in 2017, 2018, and 2019, 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.[2]

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  1. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: ROC - ROC". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Звездный состав самого красивого события года". Zhenskaya Hockey League (in Russian). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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