Alla Ghilenko

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Alla Ghilenko in 2024

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]

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Career

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]

Career results

Olympic Games

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 72nd86th

World Championships

0 medals

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Austria.svg 2017 Hochfilzen 99th98th
Flag of Sweden.svg 2019 Östersund DNS84th21st
Flag of Italy.svg 2020 Antholz 80th86th
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka DNF43rd57th22nd27th
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof DNS77th23rd
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 88th72nd18th19th

References

  1. "Alla GHILENKO". Beijing 2022 Olympics . Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  2. "Winter Olympics Bio – Alla Ghilenko". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  3. "Biatlonista Alla Ghilenko a obtinut cel mai notabil rezultat din cariera". ProTV (in Romanian). 22 December 2018.
  4. "Объявлен полный состав сборной Украины на подготовку к сезону-2014/15" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Evoluții relativ bune ale biatlonistelor din R.Moldova la etapa de Cupă Mondială de la Nove Mesto". Radio Chișinău (in Romanian). 8 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. "Алла Гиленко: "На Олимпиаде болела за Кузьмину"". Asnta (in Russian). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. "GHILENKO Alla – Athlete Information". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  8. "Samuelsson among 15 athlete ambassadors as IBU launches new programme". Inside the Games. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. "Moldova a debutat la Jocurile Olimpice de iarnă de la Beijing. Stremous și Ghilenko au participat în cursa individuală". Publika (in Romanian). 7 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. "Central European, Balkan, Athletes Dream of Glory in Beijing". Balkan Insight. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. "Алла ГІЛЕНКО: "Подивіться, що Італія зробила із прапором країни-агресора"" (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.