Alla Ghilenko

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]

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

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
China 2022 Beijing 72nd 86th — — — —

World Championships

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 99th 98th — — — — —
Sweden 2019 Östersund DNS 84th — — — — 21st
Italy 2020 Antholz 80th 86th — — — — —
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka DNF 43rd 57th — — 22nd 27th
Germany 2023 Oberhof DNS 77th — — — 23rd —
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 88th 72nd — — — 18th 19th
Switzerland 2025 Lenzerheide DNF 90th — — — — —


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. ^ a b c "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.


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