Alena Kaufman (Алена Владимировна Кауфман) is a Russian paralympic biathlete and skier who won two gold medals at the Sochi Paralympic Games for 6, and 10 km race respectively. On March 12, 2014, she was congratulated by the

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for winning a bronze medal in 1 km

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. Previously, she also was a gold medalist at the

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and bronze one at the

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* 1987 births Living people Paralympic biathletes for Russia Russian female cross-country skiers Russian female biathletes Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Russia Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub