Irina Malgina

Irina Anatoljewna Malgina (Russian Ирина Анатольевна Мальгина; born June 8, 1973 in Murmansk ) is a former Russian biathlete.

Irina Malgina began in 1991 with the biathlon. She made her debut in the World Cup on the first stop of the 2001/02 season in Hochfilzen. Already this winter, she reached for the first time a place among the Top 10 (5th place in Antholz ) and was the end of the season good 26 in the World Cup. Although they still repeatedly achieved top 10 rankings, it was their best finish for a long time. It was not until the first race of the season 2006/ 07 she could with the victory their greatest success in the World Cup celebrations. Despite this success, the rest of the season was patchy ( overall World Cup ranking 33). As for the subsequent season aufrückten several other Russian runner after longer breaks back into the World Cup team, Malgina was no longer taken into account for this and ended her career.

In 2006 she became world champion with Sergei Tschepikow, Nikolai Kruglov and Anna Bogali - Titowez in the mixed relay. In addition, five titles come at the European Championships from 2002 to 2006, including three in the relay. Three times they won plus a silver and two bronze medals.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).