Helena Paulo

Helena Paulo
Personal information
Full name Helena Gilda Simão Paulo
Born (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998
Nationality Angolan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club CSM Târgu Jiu
Number 4
Senior clubs
Years Team
-2024
Primeiro de Agosto
2024-
CSM Târgu Jiu
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Angola 63 (208)
Medal record
African Championship
2018 Brazzaville
2021 Yaoundé
2022 Dakar
2024 Kinshasa
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 November 2025

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

National team

She represented Angola at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany,[2] and at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.[3]

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.[4][5]

Club career

At club level she played with Primeiro de Agosto until 2024.[6] In 2019 she was part of the team that won the IHF Women's Super Globe. Paulo scored 10 goals in the final.[7]

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  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. ^ "Ligações de sistemas dominam preparação" (in Portuguese). jornaldeangola.ao. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Angola team info" (PDF). IHF.info. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Hungary 2018 All-star Team and MVP". IHF.info. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Oficial: Helena Paulo, un an și jumătate la CSM". gorjeanul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Primeiro de Agosto gewinnt IHF Super Globe" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  8. ^ "La Cap-Vert abritera le prochain championnat d'Afrique de handball" (in French). Agence de presse sénégalaise. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.