Olga Abramova (biathlete)

For the Belarusian politician, see Olga Abramova (politician).
Olga Abramova
Personal information
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988
Barysh, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Sport
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons2014–2022
Indiv. podiums2
Updated on 24 April 2024

Olga Abramova (Ukrainian: Ольга Абрамова; born 15 September 1988) is a former Russian (2011-2012) and Ukrainian (2012-2022) biathlete. Having little success in the Russian team, she changed her citizenship to Ukrainian in 2012.[1] She made her World Cup debut at the 2013–14 season in Antholz, Italy and went on to become a regular member of the Ukrainian team.[2] On 10 January 2016 she failed a drug test when meldonium was found in her doping test. Meldonium became illegal to use on 1 January 2016.

Performances

Level Year Event IN SP PU MS RL MRL
EBCH 2014 Nové Město, Czech Republic DNF 6
EBCH 2015 Otepää, Estonia 26 DNS 6
BWCH 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland 9 10 28 6

World Cup

Podiums

Season Place Competition Placement
2014–15 Antholz, Italy Relay 3
2015–16 Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 3
2016–17 Kontiolahti, Finland Mixed relay 3

Positions

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2013–14 3 100th — — 3 89th — — — —
2014–15 173 40th 5 63rd 107 30th 69 32nd 8 49th
2015–16 213 35th 25 36th 69 39th 79 35th 40 32nd
2016–17 3 100th — — — — 3 82nd — —

References

  1. ^ Ольга Абрамова: До сегодняшней гонки для меня все заканчивалось после стойки [Olga Abramova: Until today's race everything finished for me after shooting standing]. Biathlon.com.ua (in Russian). 23 December 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ Ольга Абрамова: Скорость на первых кругах вселяет оптимизм [Olga Abramova: The speed on initials laps is very otpimistic]. Biathlon.com.ua (in Russian). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.


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