Olena Zubrilova ( Belarusian Алена Зубрылава ., English transcription Alena Zubrylava, Ukrainian Олена Зубрилова - Olena Subrylowa - Olena Zubrylova, born Ukrainian Огурцова - Ohurzowa - Ohurtsova; ) (* 25. February 1973 in Shostka , Sumy ) is a former Belarusian biathlete Ukrainian origin. She was born in what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Republic and took on Belarusian citizenship in the summer of 2002. However, Subrylawa still lives in Kiev . She is a physical education teacher, has a daughter and was married to her former trainer Roman Subrylow from 1993 to 2000.
At the 1997 World Championships in Osrblie, Olena Subrylowa won three silver medals over 7.5 km, 15 km and in the 10 km pursuit. In the 1999 World Cup in Kontiolahti , she won gold in the 10K Pursuit, km Bronze 7.5 and in Norway Oslo ( Holmenkollen km) each Gold 15 km in 12.5 mass start, which were held there because of the weather conditions in Kontialahti . 2001 in Pokljuka bronze over 15 km, in 2002 she was again mass start world champion at Holmenkollen and 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk silver over 15 km and 2005 bronze over 7.5 km. With the relay she won bronze in 1996, 2000 and 2001 respectively. She won twenty-one World Cup races by March 2006 and was second in 1999 and 2000 and third in the overall World Cup in 2001. Subrylowa competed in four Olympic Games between 1994 and 2006. The best result was a fourth place with the relay in 2006. In the individual competitions she could not build on her successes at world championships and she ended her career without an Olympic medal.
After an unsuccessful 2005/06 season, Alena Subrylawa announced the end of her career and announced that she wanted to take care of her daughter and work as a trainer. Nevertheless, she was again an active biathlete at the second World Cup of the 2006/07 season in Hochfilzen . She finally contested her last race at the first sprint of the 2006 European Cup in Obertilliach on December 15, 2006, when she was third again. She has been working as a trainer since the 2007 season.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline