Alena Dimitrievna Tiron (russian: link=no, Алёна Димитриевна Тирон), née Alena Bogacheva (russian: link=no, Алёна Богачёва); born 8 December 1993) is a Russian female rugby union and rugby sevens player which represents Russia in

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup held ...

and

Rugby Europe Women's Sevens The Rugby Europe Women's Sevens, previously the FIRA–AER Women's Sevens until 2013, is a series of regional championships for women's international rugby sevens in Europe. Prior to 2012, the annual tournament is held over two days, typically ...

Biography

Rugby player career

Alena came to rugby from track and field while having silver and bronze medals of 2012 Russia Championship in relay (400+300+200+100 and 800+400+200+100 respectively). She declined the invitation to rugby union from Yenisey-STM manager in 2011, but two years later, in March 2013 after graduating from sports school she moved to

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

and began training. On 1 May 2013 she became the player of Yenisey-STM after offer from a coach Maxim Zaltsman.Алена Михальцова: «Когда я стала играть в регби, мама начала писать стихи»
/ref> She graduated from Siberian Federal University and won silver medal of III Russian Summer Youth Spartakiade. She made her debut in Russia sevens national team in the end of 2013 before

2013 Dubai Women's Sevens The 2013 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 28–29 November 2013 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. Format The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each tea ...

, but did not take part in the competition due to heel injury. In January 2014 she joined the training and became the main squad player. Her debut was on the very next World Rugby Women's Sevens tournament. She is a five-time European Grand Prix winner: in 2014 she played all matches without substitutions and won her first gold medal. Due to serious injury she withdrawn from

2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament The 2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament was a qualification tournament for the women's rugby sevens 2016 Summer Olympics which was held on 25–26 June 2016. The tournament used a round-robin format, with the top team qu ...

, where Russia has lost the final place at the Olympic tournament to

Spain women's national rugby sevens team Spain women's national rugby sevens team participates in the European Women's Sevens Series and finished second overall in the 2012 FIRA-AER Women's Sevens Grand Prix Series. Spain qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by winning the 2016 Wome ...

. In 2017 Alena was nominated for the DHL Impact Player award.Алена Михальцова: самые красивые регбистки в мире играют за сборную России
/ref> At the end of 2017–18 season she had 84 caps and 366 points (including 70 tries) and after 2018–19 season she reached 120 caps and 451 points (87 tries and 8 conversions).

Achievements

* Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champion: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 * Rugby Europe Women's Sevens runner-up: 2015 *

2015 Dubai Women's Sevens The 2015 Women's Dubai Sevens was the opening tournament of the 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was held on 3–4 December 2015 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, and was the fourth edition of the Women's Dubai Sevens as part of the ...

All-Star team player * DHL Impact Player **

2017 Dubai Women's Sevens The 2017 Dubai Sevens was the first tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was on 30 November to 1 December at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Format The teams are drawn into three pools of four t ...

DHL Impact Player **

2018 Japan Women's Sevens The 2018 Japan Women's Sevens was the third tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the second edition of the Japan Women's Sevens to be played in the series. It was held over the weekend of 21–22 April 2018 at Mi ...

DHL Impact Player * Rugby Europe Women's Championship bronze medalist: 2016 *

2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series was the sixth edition of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, global circuit for women's national rugby sevens teams, organised by World Rugby. There were five tournament events scheduled on the ...

DHL Impact Player

Personal life

Alena's mother has a degree in Mathematics. Alena was married to Alexey Mikhaltsov, a Russian rugby player. On 12 October 2019, Alena married Ilya Tiron, RC Moscow Torpedo and Russia national team video analyst player. Alena's bright appearance (hairstyle and pigtails) is well known in rugby world.Красота спасет мир: топ-3 самых необычных причесок регбисток казанского этапа чемпионата Европы
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References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiron, Alena 1991 births Living people Russia international rugby union players Russian female rugby sevens players Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk players Olympic rugby sevens players of Russia Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics