Olga Vladimirovna Romasko (russian: Ольга Владимировна Ромасько) (born 18 April 1968 in

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) is a former

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. She began with biathlon in 1993. Both in 1996 and 1997, she became world champion in the 7.5 km sprint event. Romasko also won a bronze medal both in the pursuit and on the relay in 1997. At the

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, she won a silver medal with the Russian relay team. Over the course of her career she had four individual world cup victories.

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* * 1968 births Living people Russian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Krai {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub