Alena Zavarzina

Alena Zavarzina

Zavarzina in 2009
Personal information
Birth name	Alena Igorevna Zavarzina
Born	(1989-05-27) 27 May 1989 Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Event(s)	Parallel Slalom, Parallel Giant Slalom
Medal record Representing Russia Women's Snowboarding International snowboarding competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 1 0 World Junior Championships 0 1 1 Total 1 2 2 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Parallel Giant Slalom World Championships 2011 La Molina Parallel Giant Slalom 2015 Kreischberg Parallel Giant Slalom World Junior Championships 2009 Nagano Parallel Slalom 2008 Valmalenco Parallel Giant Slalom

Alena Igorevna Zavarzina (Russian: Алёна Игоревна Заварзина; born 27 May 1989) is a Russian snowboarder. She is married to American-born snowboarder Vic Wild who competed for Russia in the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi.

Zavarzina competed for Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in parallel giant slalom, finishing 17th. Zavarzina later won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships parallel giant slalom in La Molina in the Spanish Pyrenees. In 2009, she won her only race up to now in the snowboard world cup in Telluride, Colorado. She won the bronze medal in parallel giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

World Cup results

Race Podiums

• 2 wins – (1 PSL, 1 PGS)
• 7 podiums – (4 PSL, 3 PGS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2009–10	17 December 2009	Telluride, United States	Parallel GS	1st
	24 January 2010	Stoneham, Canada	Parallel GS	2nd
2010–11	10 October 2010	Landgraaf, Netherlands	Parallel Slalom	3rd
	10 December 2010	Limone Piemonte, Italy	Parallel GS	2nd
2014–15	18 December 2014	Montafon, Austria	Parallel Slalom	3rd
	14 March 2015	Winterberg, Germany	Parallel Slalom	3rd
2015–16	6 March 2016	Winterberg, Germany	Parallel Slalom	1st

Olympic results

Year	Age	Parallel  Slalom	Parallel  Giant Slalom
2010 Vancouver	20	—	17
2014 Sochi	24	13	3

*Parallel slalom was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships results

Year	Age	Parallel  Slalom	Parallel  Giant Slalom
2009 Gangwon	19	-	21
2011 La Molina	21	32	1
2013 Stoneham	23	9	5
2015 Kreischberg	25	5	2

External links

• FIS-Ski.com – Biography