Olga Medvedtseva facts for kids
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Full name | Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
July 7, 1975 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2000-2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on January 23, 2010. |
Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева), former Pyleva (Russian: Пылёва), née Zamorozova (Russian: Заморозова), (born 7 July 1975) is a former Russian biathlete.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze medal in the team relay. She won her second gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics in a relay.
Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition during the 2004–05 season in the sprint and pursuit events.
She retired after the 2009–10 season.
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Record
Olympic Games
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay |
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2002 Salt Lake City | 4th | 8th | Gold | N/A | Bronze |
2006 Torino | DSQ (2nd) | ― | ― | ― | ― |
2010 Vancouver | 21st | 22nd | 20th | 4th | Gold |
World Championships
See also
In Spanish: Olga Medvédtseva para niños
- Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
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