Olena Pidhrushna

Olena Pidhrushna
Personal information
Full name Olena Pidhrushna
Born (1987-01-09) 9 January 1987
Legnica, Poland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Kolos
World Cup debut 2 March 2007
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (2010, 2014)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals 3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 7 (2006/07, 2008/09–2013/14)
Individual victories 1
All victories 4
Individual podiums 7
All podiums 18

Olena Pidhrushna (Ukrainian: Олена Михайлівна Підгрушна; born 9 January 1987) is a Ukrainian biathlete.

Career

She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1] She lives in Ternopil.

Pidhrushna took a hat-trick of medals at the 2013 Biathlon World Championships, where she won the gold in the sprint, was part of the women's relay team which won silver, and secured a bronze in the pursuit. For these achievements she was named as Ukraine's best sportswoman of 2013.[2] Together with Juliya Dzhyma, Valj Semerenko and Vita Semerenko she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Pidhrushna took a break in her sport career at the end of the 2013-14 season, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Ukrainian government.[2] But on November 30, 2014, she gave an interview for biathlon.com.ua, in which she stated: "I took break in my sport career for a decree only. I can't do anything before the time the child will be born... so I must do something... I want fans to understand my decision and wait. I hope to be back in future, after the child will be born..."[3] So she returned in November 2015.

Performances

Level Year Event IN SP PU MS RL MRL
JBWCH 2005 Finland Kontiolahti, Finland 12 24 32 7
JBWCH 2006 United States Presque Isle, United States 3 17 12 7
EBCH 2006 Germany Langdorf, Germany 18 31 DNF 4
JBWCH 2007 Italy Martell, Italy 26 6 12 10
EBCH 2007 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria 5 4 5 2
JBWCH 2008 Germany Ruhpolding, Germany 15 34 31 6
EBCH 2008 Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 7 4 11 4
BWCH 2009 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 16 DNF
EBCH 2009 Russia Ufa, Russia 9 1
OLY 2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 32 18 21 12 6
EBCH 2010 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 13 2
EBCH 2011 Italy Ridanna, Italy 2 1
BWCH 2011 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 24 31 19 24 DSQ
EBCH 2012 Slovakia Osrblie, Slovakia 1 1 1
BWCH 2012 Germany Ruhpolding, Germany 14 6
BWCH 2013 Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 11 1 3 11 2
OLY 2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 8 26 22 7 1
BWCH 2016 Norway Oslo, Norway DNF 16 5 18 5 4

World Cup

Podiums

Season Place Competition Placement
2008–09 Germany Oberhof, Germany Relay 1
2010–11 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2
2010–11 Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia Mixed relay 2
2011–12 Finland Kontiolahti, Finland Mixed relay 2
2012–13 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Sprint 2
2012–13 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2
2012–13 Germany Oberhof, Germany Relay 1
2012–13 Italy Antholz, Italy Pursuit 2
2012–13 Russia Sochi, Russia Relay 2
2013–14 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Mixed relay 3
2013–14 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 1
2013–14 France Annecy-Le Grand Bornand, France Relay 2
2013–14 Germany Oberhof, Germany Sprint 3
2015–16 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Individual 3
2015–16 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Sprint 3
2015–16 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 3
2015–16 Germany Ruhpolding, Germany Relay 1
2015–16 Canada Canmore, Canada Sprint 1
2015–16 United States Presque Isle, United States Relay 2

Positions

Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass starts TOTAL
2008–09 28 70 52 – 52
2009–10 15 31 32 26 29
2010–11 21 29 26 27 26
2011–12 10 36 51 30 32
2012–13 19 8 4 14 8
2013–14 22 19 34 31 28

Winter Olympics

Stamps of Ukraine, 2014
Year Location Competition Placement
2014 Russia Sochi, Russia Relay 1

Personal life

Pidhrushna married Oleksiy Kayda on 26 May 2013.[4] Kayda is a member of Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for the party Svoboda.[5] According to Pidhrushna her husband was attacked in December 2013 by "provocateurs" during the Euromaidan demonstrations.[6] During the awarding ceremony after her victory in women's relay in Hochfilzen on 8 December 2013, she and other Ukrainian biathletes shouted "For Maidan".[6] Pidhrushna gained at a news conference after her women's relay victory at the 2014 Winter Olympics a minute's silence in memory of the people who died in Kiev in the February 2014 Euromaidan riots.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Olena Pidhrushna, Biathlon". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Retiring from Biathlon; Part 2, the Women". International Biathlon Union. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ↑ biathlon.com.ua (30 November 2014). "Olena Pidhrushna. Our sportsmen showed their character".
  4. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Свободівець" Кайда повінчався з біатлоністкою Підгрушною , Tablo ID (27 May 2013)
  5. ↑ Кайда, Олексій Петрович, Civil movement "Chesno"
  6. 1 2 (Ukrainian) "За Майдан" – біатлоністки підтримали українців на врученні золотих медалей, gazeta.ua (08/12/2013)
  7. ↑ Minute's silence respected at Ukraine news conference, Reuters (21 February 2014)
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