During the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), Elena has had a very successful amateur career in her native Russia as well as Europe.
[2] Recently 2009, proved to be a very good year for Shportun-Willemer, having won the 2009 Arnold Amateur Classic Championships, Oslo Grand Prix, and the Loaded Cup.
[2] Outside of the competitive stage Elena has a college degree from the Siberia-Aero Academy and worked as economist and lived for some time in Zheleznogorsk, Siberia until she moved to Germany after marrying her husband Claus Willemer, a freelance photographer.
[2] During her free time she enjoys writing poems, painting, and works as a make-up artist and costume designer.
Shportun-Willemer's training mainly consisted of a combination compound, and isolation exercises (mostly done with free weights and a small number of machines and cables).