Éva Tófalvi (born December 4, 1978) is a retired
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
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biathlete
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of
Hungarian ethnicity.
Career
She finished in 11th place in the Women's Overall World Cup standings and in 2nd place in the Individual event at the end of the
2008-09 Biathlon World Cup. During this season she also won her first ever World Cup event in
Hochfilzen
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It is a popular winter sports resort, especially f ...
,
Austria
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, in the 15 km Individual race, she originally finished second, but winner
Albina Akhatova was later disqualified due to use of doping. Tofalvi's victory is also the first ever race won by a Romanian athlete in the biathlon World Cup.
Results
Results in top 30 are included.
[http://www.biathlonworld2.de/en/profile.html/do/showathlete?IBUId=BTROM20412197801]
Notes and references
External links
Romanian Ski and Biathlon Federation*
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1978 births
Living people
Romanian female biathletes
Olympic biathletes for Romania
Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Miercurea Ciuc
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Székely people
Doping cases in biathlon
Romanian sportspeople in doping cases