Iryna Leonidivna Taranenko-Terelya ( uk, Ірина Леонідівна Тараненко-Тереля, born March 31, 1966) is a former
Ukrainian
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cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the
1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 took place February 19–28, 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria. The large hill ski jumping events took place at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen. The 7.5 km Nordic combined sprint e ...
in
Ramsau. She was the first woman to represent Ukraine at the Olympics.
Taranenko's best individual finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was 4th twice at
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in
1998
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(5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 15 km). She also earned seven individual career victories from 1996 to 2000.
References
External links
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Iryna Taranenko-Terelia at Sports-reference.com
1966 births
Living people
People from Derhachi
Ukrainian female cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Kharkiv Oblast
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