Helena Paulo

{{short description|Angolan handball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Helena Paulo

| fullname = Helena Gilda Simão Paulo

| image =

| nationality = Angolan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|1|24|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Primeiro de Agosto

| clubnumber = 4

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Angola

| nationalcaps1 = 45

| nationalgoals1 = 130

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|African Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Brazzaville|}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Yaoundé|}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Dakar|}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Kinshasa|}}

}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Handball PAULO Helena |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/handball/athlete-profile-n1444281-paulo-helena.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-31 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=2021-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731173753/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/handball/athlete-profile-n1444281-paulo-helena.htm}}

She represented Angola at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany,{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/b7fe36bb-2a18-4340-a6e0-6b148a154448/pdf/ANG.pdf |title=Angola Team Roster |publisher=International Handball Federation |accessdate=3 December 2017}} and at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain.{{cite web|url=https://www.jornaldeangola.ao/ao/noticias/ligacoes-de-sistemas-dominam-preparacao/|title=Ligações de sistemas dominam preparação|publisher=jornaldeangola.ao|date=11 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021|language=pt}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/3163dd02-edef-435a-99da-4054d49fbf25/pdf/ANG.pdf |title=Angola team info |publisher=IHF.info |accessdate=2 July 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5840 |title=Hungary 2018 All-star Team and MVP |publisher=IHF.info |date=14 July 2018 |accessdate=20 July 2018}}

==Achievements==

• Carpathian Trophy:
• Winner: 2019