Tatiana Borodulina
Tatiana Alexandrovna Borodulina (Russian Татьяна Александровна Бородулина, scientific transliteration Tat'jana Aleksandrovna Borodulina; born December 22, 1984 in Omsk ) is a Russian Shorttrackerin.
Borodulina debut at age 16 in the World Cup, winning several medals at Junior World and European Championships and qualified for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin for the track finals over 1500 meters. In August 2006, she left the Russian national team because of disputes with the Association and subsequently stepped up to for Australia. After Borodulina was locked in the season 2006/ 07 due to the change of countries for international competitions, it increased in subsequent winters to hitherto most successful Australian Shorttrackerin on, by deciding two World Cup races for themselves. After another Olympics start in Vancouver in 2010, the Omskerin returned in October 2010 due to homesickness surprising return to the Russian team back.
Career
European champion and Olympic participant for Russia (2001 to 2006)
Borodulinas international career began in early 2001 when she went to the start at the three major events of the season, Junior World Championships, European Championships and World Cup. Although the 16 -year-old reached on any of these events, a final race, yet they nominated the Russian Federation in September 2001 for the first time for the short track speed skating World Cup. The following winter, the junior established in the extended world-class: With the season they won in February 2003, her first World Cup race in the Junior World Championships and at the European Championships she reached the finals in several disciplines. Already at this time, in June 2003, saw the short track speed skating gold medalist Steven Bradbury in the now 18 years old Russian woman an upcoming champion.
Over the next two seasons Borodulina underlined their talent. In the World Cup 2003/ 04, she placed herself in eighth place in the overall standings. In addition, it was 2004 European Champion in the relay and took second place in the all around behind the series winner Jewegenija Radanowa who won the competition for the fifth time in a row. A year later Borodulina broke the winning streak of the Bulgarian and secured with the all-around title of European Champion their first major single triumph. Slightly less successful was the olympic winter of 2005/ 06, in which the first Russian woman to their European title again lost to Evgeniya Radanowa and was placed only sixth in the overall standings. Nevertheless, she qualified as the only female Russian Shorttrackerin for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. There she competed in two races, the 1000 -meter and 1500 -meter race, both of which ended with Borodulinas disqualification. Over the longer distance the Omskerin had reached the final of the top seven runners.
Four years as an Australian (2006 to 2010)
In August 2006, announced Borodulina, which had won at that time two Russian league titles, to start immediately for the Australian national team. This they reasoned with the many conflicts in the Russian Federation, they would have hindered the preparations for the Olympics. Decisive for the change to Australia was the local national coach Ann Zhang, had received from the Borodulina the offer. Been a report in the Australian newspaper The Age, according to them was to change federations no money and no privileges, it is merely " an Australian citizen and the chance to live in sunny Queensland " planned.
In the 2007 /08 season Borodulina took first for Australia participate in World Cup races. They reached the previously best result of an Australian Short Trackers at the penultimate station in Quebec City with the fifth. This could improve Lake City again at the last World Cup in Salt. There she stood as the first Australian Shorttrackerin as third parties about 500 meters on the podium. In winter 2008/ 09 Borodulina experienced its most successful season so far: At the World Cup final in Dresden, she won two races - both over 500 meters - and improved in the World Cup this route to third place. In 2009 she was awarded the Australian Ice Racing Skater of the Year and received in September of Australian citizenship. They also benefited from a new Australian law providing to naturalize top athletes under certain conditions more quickly than usual. So she got the naturalization before the Olympic Winter Games 2010, Borodulina had joined in January 2009 for six months of the Australian Army Reserve and had completed a six-month military service.
Before the Winter Games in Vancouver in February 2010 Borodulina was considered the only Australian medal candidate in short track speed skating. Why wrote several major newspapers in the country before the Olympic Games over the short term naturalized athlete. In a report in the Daily Telegraph Borodulina told about her had been offered by the Russian side "money, a house and a husband " when her return to her native country; they have rejected and will definitely start at least the next four years for Australia as they feel comfortable in the team. These statements she reiterated to the AFP news agency: She was proud to be Australian. At the Olympic Winter Games Borodulina missed in all three races to qualify for the finals; best result was a seventh rank over 1000 meters. This result, which was seen by Australian media as complying disappointment, the athlete explained with the fact that they have made themselves too much pressure.
Return to Russia (from 2010)
In October 2010, Tatjana Borodulina announced that they will start again for Russia. In Australia they had felt lonely, she missed her friends and family and get homesick. Since the problems with the Russian Federation have been clarified and they also get more financial support, they have made this decision. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 she wanted to take back to their home country.