Helena Paulo

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Helena Paulo

Personal information

Full name

Helena Gilda Simão Paulo

Nationality

Angolan

Born

24 January 1998 (age 28)

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Sport

Sport

Position

Centre back

Current club

Number

4

Senior clubs

Years

Team

-2024

Primeiro de Agosto

2024-

National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Angola	63	(208)

Medal record

African Championship

	2018 Brazzaville
	2021 Yaoundé
	2022 Dakar
	2024 Kinshasa

Updated on 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.

National team

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

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.

Club career

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

Achievements

Carpathian Trophy:
- Winner: 2019
Super Globe
- Winner: 2019

Individual awards

2019 Carpathian Trophy Top Scorer
2022 African Women's Handball Championship MVP

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Angola Team Roster" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
↑ "Ligações de sistemas dominam preparação" (in Portuguese). jornaldeangola.ao. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
↑ "Angola team info" (PDF). IHF.info. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
↑ "Hungary 2018 All-star Team and MVP". IHF.info. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
↑ "Oficial: Helena Paulo, un an și jumătate la CSM". gorjeanul.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
↑ "Primeiro de Agosto gewinnt IHF Super Globe" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
↑ "La Cap-Vert abritera le prochain championnat d'Afrique de handball" (in French). Agence de presse sénégalaise. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

External links

Helena Paulo at the International Handball Federation (archived)
Helena Paulo at Olympics.com
Helena Paulo at Olympedia

v t e C.D. Primeiro de Agosto Women's Handball – current squad
1 Sílvia 3 Iracelma 5 Elizabeth 6 Juliana 7 Jú 8 Lurdes 9 Natália 10 Teresa 12 Branca 13 Cajó 15 Liliana 16 Helena 18 Luísa 20 Marta 23 Christianne 90 Belinha Coach Morten Soubak

v t e Angola squad – 2017 World Championship – 19th place
2 Nenganga 3 I. Silva 4 Paulino 6 Machado 7 V. Silva 8 Paulo 10 Kassoma 12 Branco 13 Kamalandua 14 Oliveira 15 Carlos 16 Alberto 17 Peres 21 Cazanga 31 Santos 90 Guialo Coach: Soubak

v t e Angola squad – 2018 African Women's Handball Championship Gold Medal
1 Helena 2 Vilma 3 Claudete 4 Joana 5 Jú 6 Helena 7 Albertina 8 Branca 9 Suzete 10 Azenaide 11 Bá 12 Wuta 13 Magda 14 Liliana 15 Janete 16 Belinha Coach: Morten Soubak

v t e Angola squad – 2019 World Championship – 15th place
1 Pinto 4 João 6 Silva 8 Paulo 9 Bernardo 10 Kassoma 12 Sousa 13 Silva 15 Carlos 16 Almeida 17 Dombaxe 21 Cazanga 23 Machado 25 Venâncio 31 Santos 90 Guialo Coach: Soubak

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