Nastassia Kinnunen

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Nastassia Kinnunen (née Dubarezava; born March 14, 1985) is a Finnish former biathlete and cross-country skier. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 42nd in the individual sprint, 45th in the 30 km, and 54th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit.

Nastassia Kinnunen
Kinnunen in 2023
Personal information
NationalityBelarus
Finland
Born (1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)
Haradok,[1] Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union[2]
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut10 December 2010

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Dubarezava finished 41st in the 30 km, 55th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 60th both in the individual sprint and the 10 km events.

Her best World Cup finish was 7th for Finland in the 4 x 5 km relay in Kontiolahti (2022) while her best individual finish was a 19th place in her final race ever, an individual sprint event in Oslo, Norway in 2023.

Personal life edit

Born in Haradok, Belarusian SSR,[1] Kinnunen moved to Finland in 2017, and she received Finnish citizenship in 2020. She has a daughter with her Finnish husband.[3]

Biathlon results edit

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games edit

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
  2022 Beijing 51st 75th 16th

World Championships edit

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single Mixed relay
  2021 Pokljuka 80th 14th
  2023 Oberhof 60th 61st 13th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Анастасия Киннунен (Дуборезова) - Biathlon.life". Archived from the original on 6 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Nastassia KINNUNEN". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ Jalonen, Pekka (15 November 2020). "Nastassia Kinnunen sai Suomen kansalaisuuden – maajoukkueelle hyvä vahvistus". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 December 2020.

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