Olena Petrova (formerly Elena Petrova; born 24 September 1972 in Sharkan,

Udmurtia Udmurtia (russian: Удму́ртия, r=Udmúrtiya, p=ʊˈdmurtʲɪjə; udm, Удмуртия, ''Udmurtija''), or the Udmurt Republic (russian: Удмуртская Республика, udm, Удмурт Республика, Удмурт � ...

) is a former

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. Petrova had switched to competing for Ukraine when she was unable to land a spot on the

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n team. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine and a former member of

Dynamo (Ukraine) Physical culture and sports association "Dynamo" - Ukraine ( uk, ФСТ «Динамо» України, transliteration: ''FST "Dynamo" Ukrayiny'') or Dynamo - Ukraine ( uk, Динамо Україна) is a sports club that was established in th ...

. She débuted on the World Cup circuit in 1992. Petrova ended her career in January 2008; to become a youth coach in Ukraine. She is a member of the

National Olympic Committee of Ukraine The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ( uk, Нацiональний олiмпiйський комiтет України) is a non-profit all-Ukrainian public organization responsible for development, reinforcement, and protection of the Olym ...

Career

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

*1998 - silver medal on the 15 km *

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

*1996 - Silver medal in the Team event, bronze medal on the 15 km and on the relay *1997 - Bronze medal in the Team event *1999 - Silver medal on the mass-start *2000 - Bronze medal on the relay *2001 - Bronze medal on the relay *2003 - Silver medal on the sprint, and on the relay *2004 - Bronze medal on the 15 km

References

* * 1972 births Living people People from Sharkansky District Ukrainian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ukrainian people of Russian descent Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Dynamo sports society athletes {{Ukraine-biathlon-bio-stub