Olga Olegovna Stulneva (russian: Ольга Олеговна Фёдорова, née Fyodorova, sometimes listed as Fedorova; born July 14, 1983 in

Alapayevsk Alapayevsk (russian: Алапа́евск) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Neyva and Alapaikha rivers. Population: 44,263 ( 2002 census); 50,060 ( 1989 census); 49,000 (1968). History Alapayevsk is ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is a Russian athlete and

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

der. She's married with bobsledder Alexey Stulnev.

Athletics career

Mainly competing in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

, her greatest success has come in

relay race A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, oriente ...

s, where she earned an Olympic silver medal in the

4 × 100 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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Personal bests

– 11.21 (2005) *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 23.19 (2004)

International competitions

Bobsleigh career

Switching to

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

in 2006, Fyodorova's best World Cup finish was fifth twice with one in 2006 and on in 2008. Her best finish at the

FIBT World Championships The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympi ...

was seventh in the two-woman event at St. Moritz in 2007. Fyodorova finished 18th in the two-woman event at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the two-woman event where she finished in 9th place but was disqualified for a doping violation on 24 November 2017.https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-021-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Olga-STULNEVA.pdf#_ga=2.34469665.1450016167.1511540161-1668388724.1484259175

Education

In 2008 Stulneva graduated from the chair "Multimedia Technology" of the

Ural State Technical University Ural State Technical University (USTU) is a public technical university in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is the biggest technical institution of higher education in Russia, with close ties to local industry in the Urals. ...

in Ekaterinburg majoring in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

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Olga Fedorova
at USTU * * * * 1983 births Living people People from Alapayevsk Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast Russian female bobsledders Russian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic bobsledders of Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in bobsleigh Doping cases in athletics {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub