Ekaterina Vinogradova (née Ivanova) ( be, Кацярына Іванова, russian: Екатерина Геннадьевна Иванова, hy, Եկատերինա Վինոգրադովա, ''Ekaterina G. Ivanova'') (born September 3, 1977 in

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) is a

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-born

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and cross-country skier. She competed for

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, then for the

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and now competes for

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Career

Ekaterina Vinogradova, coached by Sergey Vinogradov and starts for Dinamo Minsk, lives in California's

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and operated since 1993. In 2003, she was promoted to the Belarus national team and began her international career at the European Championships in

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. Here she won gold in the pursuit and bronze in the sprint and the relay. A year later in

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, she won silver in the pursuit and in the relay, 2005 in

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again in the relay gold. Vinogradova also debuted in 2003 in a sprint race in the

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and was already in the first race in decades in

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. At the next World Cup stop in

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, she won with the white Russian squadron. Their best finish was two third places in the sprint at the World Cup once in 2004 in

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, a second time in 2006 on

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. The 2003/04 season they finished in 17th, 2005/06 in 20th from the overall World Cup. Vinogradova is competed on

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in Oberhof and

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in Hochfilzen part. At World Championships Vinogradova was often in top form. In 2003, she was 11th in a single, 15th in the sprint, ninth in the pursuit and fourth in the relay. The following year she won at the same time the

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, the bronze medal in the sprint, was sixth in the pursuit and once again fourth in the relay. In Hochfilzen they eventually won bronze in the relay again. Vinogradova also took to the

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participate in

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. In the individual race they could not achieve significant results, with the season, she missed a medal in fourth place but only just. In addition to the Olympic biathlon Vinogradova also competes in Summer Biathlon. She took 2003 Avoltri Forni, 2004 in

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and 2005

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in world championships and won gold in all three years with the squadron. More medals, she missed in 2005 as fourth in the sprint and pursuit and fifth in the mass start only barely. Vinogradova lives in the

in the United States and is also active there as biathlete and cross-country skier. At the

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, she completed her ''Bachelor of Science''. It starts for the ''Auburn Ski Club''. They played their first international cross-country races in 1999 and immediately gained in

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her first two races over 10 km freestyle and 5 km Classic. So far, they won ten races of the FIS and the Continental Cup. In 2004, she made her debut in

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in the

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and became the 19th their first World Cup points. At the highest level, it was not for the U.S., but for Belarus. The following year she started at the same race, but missed as the 35th more points. In 2009, she won the Highlands Nordic in the mixed championships of Americans and Canadians over 5 km freestyle silver and bronze on the 30-kilometer freestyle distance. Vinogradova reached in biathlon at the North America Championships Biathlon 2008 in Itasca very good results. She won the pursuit race and the mass start. Vinogradova since the 2006-07 season, no longer was used internationally, she celebrated her international comeback in the 2010-11 and now starts for Armenia. First, they took part to achieve without significant results at the IBU Cup, in Presque Isle contest after five years a World Cup race and was on 50th place.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Cup

Season standings

References

External links

IBU Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinogradova, Ekaterina 1977 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Armenia Russian female biathletes Belarusian female biathletes American female biathletes Armenian female biathletes Armenian people of Russian descent Olympic biathletes of Belarus Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Belarusian female cross-country skiers American female cross-country skiers Vermont Catamounts skiers Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Biathlon World Championships medalists People from Auburn, California 21st-century American women