Olesya Aliyeva

Olesja Murtasalijewna Aliyeva (Russian Олеся Муртазалиевна Алиева; born August 17, 1977 in Kamennomostski ) is a former Russian skier. It started mainly in the speed disciplines downhill and super -G and giant slalom. Aliyeva reached the World Cup a podium and participated in two Winter Olympic Games, as well as three world championships.

Career

Aliyeva participated in the 1995 and 1996 World Junior Championships. As the best result it reached in 1996 to 30th place in the downhill. In February 1996, she was able to score in the European Cup and in March 1997 she celebrated her first victory in a FIS race for the first time. Shortly thereafter, she was for the first time Russian champion in giant slalom. By 2006, she won a total of 13 national titles in the disciplines of giant slalom, Super - G and downhill. In February 1998, Aliyeva took at the age of 20 years as the youngest of the five-member Russian alpine women's team at the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. It started only in the super-G and was ranked 37th In November 1998 she took part in World Cup races, but did not yet reach for the time being the points. Better results they achieved first in the European Cup when they first went in December 1998 in the departure of Megève in the top ten. In the 1999 World Cup in Vail she was ranked 33 in the downhill, Super-G, but fell out.

On 22 December 1999 Aliyeva reached third place in the Super- G of L' Alpe d' Huez for the first time in a European Cup race the podium. The second podium she succeeded on 3 February 2000 in the departure of Villars -sur -Ollon, where they again finished third. Two weeks later, she won 27th place in the downhill for Åre their first World Cup points. Another two weeks later, they celebrated their greatest success when they complete surprise reached on March 5, 2000 Number 41 in third place in the World Cup downhill of Lenzerheide, same time as the Austrian Renate Götschl. Repeat but never more could this result. Your second-best World Cup result was a 25th place in the downhill of Lake Louise on December 1, 2000. During their second World Championship in St. Anton 2001, she started in the Giant Slalom, Super-G and Downhill, but was not in any of the three races the finish. Your last European Cup points won Aliyeva on 16 March 2002 20th place in the Super G in La Clusaz, the fourth and last time in the World Cup points ranking it arrived on 26 October 2002, ranked 29th in the giant slalom in Soelden.

After an injury break, they started off the season 2003/ 04 mainly in the giant slalom, and later again in the Super- G and Downhill. At the national level she was indeed still one of the best runners in the World Cup and the European Cup but also she had no more success. After she was not present at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the World Cup in 2003, they took in 2005 in Bormio again participated in the World Cup. It started only in the giant slalom, but fell in the first run from. The 2005/06 season was Alijewas last. In January 2006, she played her last European Cup race in February and was followed by the last World Cup race. Her last major event was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where she participated as the only Russian woman to the alpine competitions. She was ranked 33 in the downhill and rank 42 in the Super-G, Giant Slalom, however, she left. After the Olympics Aliyeva won her 13th and last Russian championship titles and 31 March 2006, she finished with a victory in the FIS giant slalom in Magnitogorsk her career.

Sporting successes

Olympic Winter Games

  • Nagano 1998: 37 Super -G
  • Turin 2006: 33 Downhill, 42 Super -G

World Championships

  • Vail / Beaver Creek 1999: 33 Departure

Junior World Championships

  • Voss 1995: 44 Giant Slalom, Slalom 48
  • High -Ybrig 1996: 30 Downhill, 43 Super -G

World Cup

  • A podium, a further three placings in the top 30

European Cup

  • 1999/2000 season: 7 Super -G standings
  • Two podiums

Russian championships

  • Aliyeva is 13 times Russian champion: 8x giant slalom (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006)
  • 3x Super -G ( 1998, 1999 and 2005)
  • 2x Departure ( 1998 and 1999)

Other successes

  • Silver medal in super-G at the Universiade 1999
  • 8 wins in FIS races
Kamennomostsky World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships Nagano, Nagano FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1999 Vail (Colorado) Villars-sur-Ollon Lake Louise (Alberta) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2001 Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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