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]
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]
Ghilenko 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]
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| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2022 Beijing | 72nd | 86th | — | — | — | — |
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| 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 |
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