Jelena Valeryevna Välbe

Jelena Välbe
Jelena Välbe (2004)
Full name	Jelena Valeryevna Välbe
nation	Soviet Union Russia
birthday	24th April 1968 (age 52)
place of birth	Magadan ,  Soviet Union
Career
society	CSKA Moscow
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 0 × 4 × World Cup medals 14 × 3 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold 1992 Albertville Season bronze 1992 Albertville 15 km classic bronze 1992 Albertville 5 km classic bronze 1992 Albertville 15 km pursuit bronze 1992 Albertville 30 km freestyle gold 1994 Lillehammer Season gold 1998 Nagano Season  Nordic World Ski Championships gold 1989 Lahti 10 km freestyle gold 1989 Lahti 30 km freestyle silver 1989 Lahti Season gold 1991 Val di Fiemme 15 km classic gold 1991 Val di Fiemme 10 km freestyle gold 1991 Val di Fiemme Season silver 1991 Val di Fiemme 30 km freestyle gold 1993 Falun 15 km classic gold 1993 Falun Season gold 1995 Thunder Bay 30 km freestyle gold 1995 Thunder Bay Season silver 1995 Thunder Bay 15 km classic gold 1997 Trondheim 15 km freestyle gold 1997 Trondheim 5 km classic gold 1997 Trondheim 15 km pursuit gold 1997 Trondheim 30 km classic gold 1997 Trondheim Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup February 28, 1987  World Cup victories in individual 45 ( details )  Overall World Cup 1. ( 1988/89 , 1990/91 , 1991/92 , 1994/95 , 1996/97 )  Sprint World Cup 2. ( 1996/97 )  Distance World Cup 1. ( 1996/97 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 1 1 0  Distance races 44 19th 16

Jelena Valerjewna Välbe ( Russian Елена Валерьевна Вяльбе, née Трубицына / Trubizyna ; born April 24, 1968 in Magadan ) is a former Russian cross-country skier . At the beginning of her career she started for the Soviet Union , in 1992 under the colors of the CIS , then for Russia.

She is still one of the most successful cross-country skiers of all time. At world championships, Välbe won 14 gold and two silver medals. She was the outstanding athlete of the 1997 World Cup in Trondheim , where she won all four individual races and with the Russian relay.

Välbe won the gold medal with the CIS relay at the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville . Could this success with the Russian season in 1994 in Lillehammer and 1998 in Nagano repeat. However, she was not granted an individual victory at the Olympic Games, but in 1992 she won four more bronze medals.

Välbe won the overall ranking of the cross-country skiing world cup five times in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1997. She long held the record for the number of victories (45) and podium places (81) in world cup races. In 1992 Välbe received the Holmenkollen Medal .

After her active career, Välbe became President of the Russian Cross-Country Association.

successes

winter Olympics

• 1992 in Albertville : gold with the relay, bronze over 5 km, bronze over 15 km, bronze over 30 km, bronze in the pursuit race
• 1994 in Lillehammer : Gold with the relay
• 1998 in Nagano : Gold with the relay

World championships

• 1989 in Lahti : gold over 10 km, gold over 30 km, silver with the relay
• 1991 in Val di Fiemme : gold over 10 km, gold over 15 km, gold with the relay
• 1993 in Falun : Gold over 15 km, gold with the relay
• 1995 in Thunder Bay : Gold over 30 km, gold with the relay, silver over 15 km
• 1997 in Trondheim : Gold over 5 km, gold over 15 km, gold over 30 km, gold in the pursuit race, gold with the relay

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 14, 1988	Campra	15 km freestyle
2.	January 7, 1989	Kavgolovo	15 km classic
3.	February 19, 1989	Lahti	10 km freestyle 1
4th	February 26, 1989	Lahti	30 km freestyle 1
5.	March 11, 1989	Falun	15 km freestyle
6th	February 20, 1990	Val di Fiemme	10 km freestyle
7th	March 1, 1990	Lahti	5 km freestyle
8th.	December 15, 1990	Davos	15 km classic
9.	December 20, 1990	Les Saisies	15 km pursuit
10.	5th January 1991	Minsk	30 km classic
11.	February 8, 1991	Val di Fiemme	15 km classic 2
12.	February 10, 1991	Val di Fiemme	10 km freestyle 2
13.	March 2, 1991	Lahti	15 km freestyle
14th	March 9, 1991	Falun	15 km freestyle
15th	March 16, 1991	Oslo	5 km freestyle
16.	December 7, 1991	Silver Star	5 km classic
17th	December 14, 1991	Thunder Bay	5 km freestyle
18th	4th January 1992	Kavgolovo	15 km classic
19th	March 14, 1992	Vang	15 km freestyle
20th	January 9, 1993	Ulrichen	10 km classic
21st	19th February 1993	Falun	15 km classic 3
22nd	March 19, 1993	Štrbské Pleso	10 km classic
23.	December 11, 1993	Santa Caterina	5 km classic
24.	18th December 1993	Davos	10 km freestyle
25th	November 27, 1994	Kiruna	5 km classic
26th	December 14, 1994	Tauplitzalm	10 km classic
27.	17th December 1994	Sappada	15 km freestyle
28.	December 20, 1994	Sappada	5 km freestyle
29	January 7, 1995	Ostersund	30 km freestyle
30th	January 14, 1995	Nové Město	15 km classic
31.	5th February 1995	Falun	10 km freestyle
32.	March 18, 1995	Thunder Bay	30 km freestyle 4
33.	March 24, 1995	Sapporo	15 km freestyle
34.	December 9, 1995	Davos	5 km freestyle
35.	December 13, 1995	Brusson	10 km freestyle
36.	January 13, 1996	Nové Město	10 km classic
37.	4th February 1996	Reit im Winkl	Sprint freestyle
38.	November 23, 1996	Kiruna	5 km freestyle
39.	January 5, 1997	Kavgolovo	15 km freestyle
40.	February 21, 1997	Trondheim	15 km freestyle 5
41.	February 23, 1997	Trondheim	5 km classic 5
42.	February 24, 1997	Trondheim	15 km pursuit 5
43.	March 1, 1997	Trondheim	30 km classic 5
44.	March 8, 1997	Falun	5 km freestyle
45.	December 20, 1997	Davos	15 km classic

¹ Nordic World Ski Championships 1989.

² Nordic World Ski Championships 1991.

³ Nordic World Ski Championships 1993.

^4th Nordic World Ski Championships 1995.

⁵ Nordic World Ski Championships 1997.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 16, 1997	Berkåk	15 km classic	Continental Cup

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Long distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1986/87	19th	23.	-	-	-	-
1987/88	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	167	1.	-	-	-	-
1989/90	137	2.	-	-	-	-
1990/91	220	1.	-	-	-	-
1991/92	169	1.	-	-	-	-
1992/93	710	2.	-	-	-	-
1993/94	570	3.	-	-	-	-
1994/95	1060	1.	-	-	-	-
1995/96	945	2.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	940	1.	340	1.	472	2.
1997/98	246	12.	136	5.	110	18th

Web links

• Jelena Valerjewna Välbe in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Jelena Valerjewna Välbe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Cross-Country President Wälbe: "We are clean" handelsblatt.com December 16 , 2016 ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.