Olena Zubrilova ( uk, Олена Миколаївна Зубрилова, be, Алена Зубрылава ''Alena Zubrylava'', russian: Елена Николаевна Зубрилова; born 25 February 1973 in

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Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

) is a

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who has been competing for

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since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for

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from 1991 until she changed her

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to Belarus in 2002.

Career

Zubrilova has won a total of seventeen

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medals in her career, including four gold (pursuit, individual, and mass start: all 1999; and mass start: 2002), five silvers (individual: 1997, 2003; sprint: 1997; pursuit: 1997 and team event: 1996), and eight bronzes (relay: 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2005; sprint: 1999 and 2005; individual: 2001; and team event: 1997). She also competed in three

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, her best individual finish was 5th in the 7.5 km at

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. Zubrilova as of 2006 also has the most victories at the

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's biathlon event with five (1999: individual, sprint, pursuit, and mass start; 2002: pursuit). She also has 21 victories in her career. A divorced mother of one, Zubrilova makes her living as a coach.

External links

IBU Profile
1973 births Living people People from Shostka Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Ukrainian female biathletes Belarusian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Belarus Olympic biathletes of Ukraine Biathlon World Championships medalists Ukrainian emigrants to Belarus Naturalized citizens of Belarus Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast {{Ukraine-biathlon-bio-stub