Helena Paulo

Helena Paulo
Personal information
Full name Helena Gilda Simão Paulo
Born (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)
Nationality Angolan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Primeiro de Agosto
Number 4
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Angola 45 (130)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Brazzaville
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yaoundé
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dakar

Helena Gilda Simão Paulo (born 24 January 1998) is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angolan national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's Handball.[1]

She represented Angola at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany.[2]

In 2018, she represented Angola at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship where she finished as the competition's top scorer with a total 73 goals.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Handball PAULO Helena". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Angola Team Roster" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Angola team info" (PDF). IHF.info. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Hungary 2018 All-star Team and MVP". IHF.info. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.