Yelena Aleksandrovna "Alyona" Shchennikova (Russian: Елена Александровна "Алёна" Щенникова, born May 12, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast.

She placed ninth in the all-around and fifth on the uneven bars behind Simone Biles, McCusker, Morgan Hurd, and Trinity Thomas.

During the competition she placed third on uneven bars behind McCusker and Biles, eighth on balance beam, and ninth in the all-around, on vault, and on floor exercise.

[14] In February Shchennikova was named to the team to compete at the 2019 L'International Gymnix competition in Montreal alongside Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, and Aleah Finnegan.

[16] In June, while Shchennikova was doing verification for the 2019 Pan American Games, she ruptured her achilles tendon and announced that she would be out for the remainder of the season.

[17][18] In August she officially signed her National Letter of Intent with Louisiana State University and joined their gymnastics team[19] in the 2019–2020 season.