Alla Ghilenko (born 12 June 1992) is a Moldovan biathlete. She was born in Varva, Ukraine. She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's individual, and Women's sprint.[1][2][3]
Career
editGhilenko originally competed for Ukraine and was in their squad for the 2014–15 season.[4] She started competing for Moldova for the 2016–17 skiing season.[5] She qualified for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 where she participated in the women's sprint and placed 64th of 108th and in the qualifying distance 5 kilometre placing 19th of 35 but didn't go on to race the official distance of 10 kilometre.
She competed at the 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup[6] and later in the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cups.[7][5] She finished 37th in the sprint event in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, which was a personal best.[5] In June 2021, she became an ambassador of the International Biathlon Union.[8]
Ghilenko competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9] Ghilenko commented: "I am thrilled to have qualified for the Olympics, which is very difficult in biathlon nowadays. For any athlete, qualifying is already the best performance of his career."[10] In March 2022, she sent messages of support to Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country.[11]
Career results
editOlympic Games
edit0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2022 Beijing
|
72nd | 86th | — | — | — | — |
World Championships
edit0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2017 Hochfilzen
|
99th | 98th | — | — | — | — | — |
 2019 Östersund
|
DNS | 84th | — | — | — | — | 21st |
 2020 Antholz |
80th | 86th | — | — | — | — | — |
 2021 Pokljuka |
DNF | 43rd | 57th | — | — | 22nd | 27th |
 2023 Oberhof
|
DNS | 77th | — | — | — | 23rd | — |
 2024 Nové Město na Moravě
|
88th | 72nd | — | — | — | 18th | 19th |
References
edit- ^ "Alla GHILENKO". olympics.com.
- ^ "Winter Olympics Bio – Alla Ghilenko". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Biatlonista Alla Ghilenko a obtinut cel mai notabil rezultat din cariera". ProTV (in Romanian). 22 December 2018.
- ^ "Объявлен полный состав сборной Украины на подготовку к сезону-2014/15" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Evoluții relativ bune ale biatlonistelor din R.Moldova la etapa de Cupă Mondială de la Nove Mesto". Radio Chișinău (in Romanian). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Алла Гиленко: "На Олимпиаде болела за Кузьмину"". Asnta (in Russian). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "GHILENKO Alla – Athlete Information". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ "Samuelsson among 15 athlete ambassadors as IBU launches new programme". Inside the Games. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Moldova a debutat la Jocurile Olimpice de iarnă de la Beijing. Stremous și Ghilenko au participat în cursa individuală". Publika (in Romanian). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Central European, Balkan, Athletes Dream of Glory in Beijing". Balkan Insight. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Алла ГІЛЕНКО: «Подивіться, що Італія зробила із прапором країни-агресора»" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
External links
edit- Alla Ghilenko at IBU
- Alla Ghilenko at FIS (cross-country)
- Alla Ghilenko at Olympics.com
- Alla Ghilenko at Olympedia
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