Aljona Igorewna Zavarsina

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Alyona Zavarsina
Full name Aljona Igorewna Zavarsina
nation RussiaRussia Russia
birthday 27th May 1989 (age 31)
place of birth Novosibirsk ,  Soviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union 
size 175 cm
Weight 60 kg
Career
discipline Parallel slalom , giant slalom
Parallel giant slalom
status active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Junior World Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Sochi 2014 Parallel giant slalom
FIS Snowboard world championships
gold 2011 La Molina Parallel giant slalom
silver 2015 Kreischberg Parallel giant slalom
bronze 2017 Sierra Nevada Parallel slalom
FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships
bronze 2008 Valmalenco Parallel giant slalom
silver 2009 Nagano Parallel slalom
Placements
FIS logo World cup
 Debut in the World Cup October 13, 2006
 World Cup victories 4th
 Overall World Cup 11th ( 2009/10 )
 Parallel World Cup 2. ( 2016/17 )
 PGS World Cup 1. ( 2016/17 )
 PSL World Cup 6. ( 2015/16 , 2017/18 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Parallel 4th 4th 5
last change: October 26, 2018

Aljona Igorewna Sawarsina ( Russian Алёна Игоревна Заварзина , English Alena Zavarzina ; born May 27, 1989 in Novosibirsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian snowboarder . Her greatest success is the 2011 world championship title in the parallel giant slalom .

Career

Sawarsina began her career in 2003 by participating in Russian championships and FIS races .

World Cup debut 2006

She made her debut in the Snowboard World Cup on October 13, 2006 in the ski hall of Landgraaf , where she achieved 31st place. Otherwise it continued to be used in FIS races and in the European Cup this winter. In the winter of 2007/08 she made it onto the podium four times in the European Cup, three of them as the winner. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Valmalenco . Five more European Cup podium places, including one victory, followed in winter 2008/09. There was also a silver medal at the 2009 Junior World Championships in Nagano .

The breakthrough to the top of the world came in the winter of 2009/10. She won her first World Cup race on December 17, 2009 in Telluride . Five weeks later, she finished second in Stoneham .

2010 Winter Olympics

She qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics , where she finished 17th. In the winter of 2010/11 there were two more second places in the World Cup. At the end of the season she surprisingly won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom at the 2011 Snowboard World Championship in La Molina , ahead of the Austrians Claudia Riegler and Doris Günther .

In the 2011/12 World Cup season, Sawarsina did not get past eighth place. Since 2011 she has been married to the US snowboarder Vic Wild , who then also changed nationality.

2014 Winter Olympics

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , she won bronze in the parallel giant slalom.

In the 2016/17 season, Sawarsina achieved seven top ten placements in nine World Cup appearances. She won the parallel giant slalom in Bansko and Pyeongchang . In addition, she came third in the parallel giant slalom in Carezza and won the parallel giant slalom World Cup at the end of the season. In the parallel World Cup she came in second place.

At the season highlight, the Snowboard World Championships 2017 in the Sierra Nevada , she won the bronze medal in the parallel slalom and came fifth in the parallel giant slalom.

Olympic Winter Games 2018

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she made it to the semifinals in the parallel giant slalom, where she lost to Selina Jörg . In the small final for bronze she lost to Ramona Theresia Hofmeister from Germany and came fourth.

successes

Olympic games
World championships
World cup
  • 13 podium places, including 4 wins:
No. date place discipline
1. December 17, 2009 United StatesUnited States Telluride Parallel giant slalom
2. March 6, 2016 GermanyGermany Winterberg Parallel slalom
3. 5th February 2017 BulgariaBulgaria Bansko Parallel giant slalom
4th February 12, 2017 Korea SouthSouth Korea Pyeongchang Parallel giant slalom
Junior World Championships
  • 2008 Valmalenco: 3rd parallel giant slalom, 6th parallel slalom
  • 2009 Nagano: 2nd parallel slalom, 9th parallel giant slalom
European Cup
  • 10 podium places, including 4 wins

World Cup overall placements

season total Parallel Parallel giant slalom Parallel slalom
Points space Points space Points space Points space
2006/07 28 136. 28 59. - - - -
2007/08 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 40 160. 40 53. - - - -
2009/10 3331 11. 3331 8th. - - - -
2010/11 - - 2168 11. - - - -
2011/12 - - 1490 17th - - - -
2012/13 - - 1970 12. 1056 14th 940 10.
2013/14 - - 254 34. 196 26th 58 43.
2014/15 - - 2338 13. 558 20th 1780 9.
2015/16 - - 2230 8th. 580 13. 1650 6th
2016/17 - - 4500 2. 3900 1. 600 14th
2017/18 - - 4720 6th 3430 5. 1290 6th

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personal data
SURNAME Zavarsina, Aljona Igorewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Заварзина, Алёна Игоревна (Russian); Zavarzina, Alena Igorevna (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian snowboarder
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Novosibirsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union