Olga Anisimova (Russian Ольга Викторовна Анисимова; *January 29, 1972) is a former

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Career

Anisimova started her career competing for the

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at the Biathlon Youth and Junior World Championships between 1988 and 1991. Her

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debut came during the 1991-92 Biathlon World Cup season in the individual in

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, Austria. She competed during the 1993-94 Biathlon World Cup season. However, she was out of the A-Team following the 1995-96 Biathlon World Cup season, making a comeback a decade later during the 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup season. She made her way back into the Russian A-Team thanks to great results in the

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when she won the overall title during the 2005–06 season. At the 2004 Biathlon Open European Championships in

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, she won a gold medal with the Russian relay. Two years later in

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, Germany, she won two silver medals in the sprint and pursuit. Her best ever result in the World Cup came during the 2007-08 Biathlon World Cup where, at the age of 35, she finished second in the Oberhof, Germany mass start, behind

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. Her best finish in the overall came a season earlier when she finished 21st.

World Championships

:''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anisimova, Olga 1972 births Russian female biathletes Living people People from Balakovo Sportspeople from Saratov Oblast