Elena Galiabovitch (born 13 November 1989) is an Australian shooter and physician. She represented Australia at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. Galiabovitch competed in the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and won a bronze medal in the Women's 10 metre air pistol event. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in both the Women's 10 metre air pistol and

25 metre Pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

events. At that same Games, in recognition of her effort as a frontline worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, Galiabovitch was selected by the International Olympic Committee as one of six athletes to carry the Olympic flag at the Games’ opening ceremony.

Personal life

Elena is a Melbourne-based physician and studying a master's degree to become a urological surgeon. Her father, Vladimir Galiabovitch, is her coach as well as other members of the national team. Vladimir and his family migrated to Australia when Elena was 4 in 1994. The sickness of Elena was the reason for Vladimir to consider migration. Vladimir also coached Iran, Singapore, and Kuwait before returning to Australia in 2013, while his daughter, Elena, rejoins the sport in 2014, after quitting it for the first time at teen.

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