Nadiya Billova (born 2 September 1961) is a Ukrainian former

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and biathlon coach. She competed in the women's individual event at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

. She also previously competed at the 1986 Biathlon World Championships for the

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, where she was part of the gold medal-winning Soviet women's relay team, and also took the silver in the sprint competition. After retiring from competition she embarked on a career as a coach, becoming one of the few female biathlon coaches working at the elite level: she has had spells coaching the Ukrainian women's and men's teams, as well as the Polish women's team. During her time with the Ukrainian women's team she coached the squad alongside her husband, Roman Bondaruk. She was named the

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's Coach of the Year in 2006 and coached the Ukrainian women's team to success at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, where they took the gold medal in the

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and

Vita Semerenko Vita Semerenko ( uk, Віта Олександрівна Семеренко; born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the ...

also took the bronze in the sprint. In May 2019 the Polish Biathlon Association announced that Billova had been forced to leave her role as the Polish women's team coach after a year due to health reasons.

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* 1961 births Living people Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Soviet female biathletes Ukrainian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Ukraine Cross-country skiing coaches Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Ukrainian sports coaches Sportspeople from Kherson Oblast {{Ukraine-biathlon-bio-stub