Jelena Brooks
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Jelena Brooks[1] (née Milovanović; Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Брукс, née Миловановић; born 28 April 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player for Sopron Basket. Standing at 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in), she plays at the power forward position. She also represents the Serbian national basketball team.
She formerly played for the WNBA's Washington Mystics. She was a second-leading scorer of 2012–13 EuroLeague Women.
International career
[edit]She represented Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team.[2]
Achievements
[edit]- Euroleague: 2010-11 runner-up with WBC Spartak Moscow Region
- EuroCup: 2013-14 runner-up with Dynamo Kursk
Personal life
[edit]Her mother is Ljubica Milovanović, former basketball player, and her brother is Nenad, basketball coach. She is married to David Brooks.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jelena BROOKS Power Forward". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- Jelena Brooks at eurobasket.com (archive)
- Jelena Milovanovic at fiba.com
- Jelena Milovanović at fibaeurope.com[dead link]
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Jelena Milovanović-Brooks at Olympedia
- Jelena Milovanovic at Olympics.com
- Jelena Brooks at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
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