Arina Shulgina (Russian Арина Владимировна Шульгина, patronymic: Vladimirovna), born 25 June 1991, is a Russian professional

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. She is the winner of the sprint triathlon at the 2010 Russian Championships 2010 in

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, and a reserve member of the Russian National Team.

Athletic career

At the Russian Championships 2010, Shulgina won the gold medals in the Junior/U23 category (юниорки) on the sprint distances. In 2010, Shulgina was number 3 in the Russian U23 (Юниорки) ranking, and number 5 in the U23 Russian Cup ranking. In March 2011 Shulgina placed 7th at the Russian Elite Aquathlon Championships, in April 2011 she was awarded the title

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(Мастер спорта России). Shulgina attends the Sports Elite School КОР No. 1 in Moscow. In France, Shulgina represents ''Issy Triathlon,'' in the 2011 D1 Duathlon Club Championship Series.

ITU results

From 2007 to 2010, Shulgina took part in 8

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competitions, from 2009 on she has also taken part in elite events.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTMwNzE= . Retrieved 5 July 2011. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category. DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start

Gallery

File:Arina Shulgina Tiszaujvaros2011 1.jpg, Arina Shulgina at the World Cup triathlon in Tiszaújváros, 2011 File:Arina Shulgina Tiszaujvaros2011 2.jpg, Arina Shulgina at the World Cup triathlon in Tiszaújváros, 2011

References

External links

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Russian Triathlon Federation
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