Albina Akhatova
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 Albina Akhatova at the Östersund '08 World Championship |
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Competitor for  Russia |
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| Women's biathlon | ||
| Winter Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2006 Turin | 4×6 km relay |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | 10 km pursuit |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | 15 km individual |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4×7.5 km relay |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 4×7.5 km relay |
| Biathlon World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km mass start |
| Gold | 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 4×6 km relay |
| Gold | 2000 Oslo | 4×7.5 km relay |
| Gold | 1998 Hochfilzen | team event |
| Silver | 2008 Östersund | 7.5 km sprint |
| Silver | 2004 Oberhof | 15 km individual |
| Silver | 2004 Oberhof | 4×6 km relay |
| Silver | 1999 Kontiolahti | 4×7.5 km relay |
| Bronze | 2008 Östersund | 10 km pursuit |
| Bronze | 1999 Oslo | 15 km individual |
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova (Russian: Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това, Tatar: Albina Xəmit qızı Axatova; born November 13, 1976 in Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast) is a Russian biathlete.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won bronze medals in the 10 km pursuit and 15 km individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate Olga Pyleva was disqualified after failing a doping test. She also won gold, silver, and bronze medals in Olympic relay competitions in 2006, 1998, and 2002, respectively.
Akhatova also won the gold medals in the mass start at the 2003 World Championship held in Khanty-Mansiysk. In 1999 in Oslo, she won the bronze medal, and in 2004 in Oberhof, Germany, she won the silver medal, both over the distance of 15 km. She also was part of Russia's winning relay teams at the 2000 and 2003 World Championships.
After a break in the 2006/07 season, she returned in January 2008. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, she won the silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and the bronze medal in the subsequent 10 km pursuit.
On February 13, 2009 IBU announced Akhatova and teammates Ekaterina Iourieva and Dmitry Yaroshenko, tested positive for EPO during the World Cup in Östersund. Each is expected to be banned for two years.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Biathalon World Champion Suspended for Doping". Sports Illustrated. February 13, 2009. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/02/13/biathlon.doping.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.[dead link]
- "IBU Profile of Albina Akhatova". International Biathlon Union. http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS21311197601. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
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