Olena Petrova

Olena Jurijiwna Petrova (Russian: Елена Юрьевна Петрова, Ukrainian Олена Юріївна Петрова; Elena Petrova also; * September 24, 1972 in Moscow ) is a former Russian-Ukrainian biathlete.

Olena Petrova operates since 1989 Biathlon. She is coached by Roman Bondaruk and starts for Dinamo Kiev. The living in Sumy athlete made ​​his debut in 1992 in the Biathlon World Cup and was eleventh in the individual. Despite the good result it was used only sporadically in a strong Russian team. At their third World Cup appearance in 1994 in Ruhpolding she came in eighth in the individual for the first time among the top 10 Her best they reached in 1999 Pokljuka as runner-up. This rank it reached three more times. In the overall World Cup they reached in 1998/99 a seventh, 1999/00, a ninth and 1994 /95 to 1997/98 respectively to the 15th Place.

From 1993 to 2006 in Borovets in Pokljuka she participated in 12 World Championships. Multiple they reached very good results. 1996 in Ruhpolding, she won the bronze medal in the sprint, this placement she repeated in 2004 in Oberhof. At Holmenkollen in 1999 in the mass start and in 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk in the sprint, she won the silver medal. Even with the season it was very successful and won the 2003 silver and 1996, 2000 and 2001 bronze.

At the Olympic Games since 1994, she took part in Lillehammer four times. At their first appearance they came in their individual start not the finish line, but was with the Fifth Season. In Nagano in 1998 were their most successful games. In individual, she won the silver medal behind Ekaterina Dafowska and Eleventh was in the sprint and again with the Fifth Season. The following two games were less successful for Petrova.

After the 2007/ 08 season Petrova finished her playing career and was a trainer at youth level in Ukraine.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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