Olga Belyakova

Olga Vladimirovna Beljakowa (Russian Ольга Владимировна Белякова, born September 26, 1988 in Rybinsk ) is a Russian Shorttrackerin.

She debuted in the 2006/07 season in Jeonju World Cup. In the fifth World Cup in Heerenveen station, she won second place in the relay and thus their first podium finish in the World Cup. At the European Championships in Sheffield they played their first international championship, but could not reach the front ranks. In the World Team Championships in Budapest she won with her teammates finished seventh. In the following season Beljakowa not made ​​the jump to the Russian World Cup team. However, they competed at the World Team Championship 2008 in Harbin and was eighth. In the 2008 /09 season she participated in two World Cup races, but did not reach the front ranks.

Beljakowa reached in the Olympic season 2009/10 over 1,500 m for the first time in a World Cup race a quarter final. At the European Championships in Dresden, she won her first international medal with silver in the relay. Beljakowa qualified for the Olympic Games in Vancouver. There it began about 1500 m, but different in the run- off. In the season 2010/11 Beljakowa further improved. She reached the semi-finals for a total of three World Cup races. At the European Championships in Heerenveen, she was in the all around Eleventh, in their first appearance at a World Cup, it was ranked 21 Finally they reached at the World Team Championships in Warsaw seventh.

Reached in the very first World Cup of the season 2011/12 Beljakowa with the relay in third. Over 1500 m, they also pulled in two World Cup races to the final and once again finished sixth and fourth. At the European Championship in Mlada Boleslav they achieved their best ever European Championship results. In multiplayer battle, they finished fifth, about 1500 m and 3000 m Fourth third parties.