Olga Ivanovna Melnik (russian: Ольга Ивановна Мельник; born 12 May 1974 in

Sovetsky, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Sovetsky (russian: Сове́тский) is a town and the administrative center of Sovetsky District in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located west of Khanty-Mansiysk, the administrative center of the autonomous okrug. Population: H ...

) is a Russian

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 ...

. At the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

, she received a silver medal with the Russian relay team, which consisted of herself,

Galina Koukleva Galina Alekseyevna Kukleva or Koukleva (russian: Галина Алексеевна Куклева, born 21 November 1972) is a retired Russian biathlon, biathlete. At the 1998 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint, and w ...

Albina Akhatova Albina Khamitovna Akhatova (russian: Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това, tt-Cyrl, Альбина Хәмит кызы Әхәтова; born 13 November 1976) is a Russian (of Tatar origin) former biathlon, biathlete. She was ba ...

and

Olga Romasko Olga Vladimirovna Romasko (russian: Ольга Владимировна Ромасько) (born 18 April 1968 in Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a former Russian biathlete. She began with biathlon in 1993. Both in 1996 and 1997, she b ...

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