Valentina Ciurina
Valentina Ciurina (born August 30, 1978 in Leningrad ) is a Russian-born Moldovan biathlete .
Valentina Ciurina started biathlon in 1997. She is trained by Petru Bria and starts for the Central Army Club . She has been part of the Moldovan national team since 2000. In that year she also made her biathlon world cup debut in Hochfilzen . In her first race, an individual, she was 74. At the end of the season, she started for the first time in biathlon world championships . In Pokljuka she was 72nd in the individual and 74th in the sprint. Highlight the following season were the Olympic Games of Salt Lake City . There a 48th place in the pursuit was her best result. Between her World Cup appearances, the Moldovan competed in the European Cup again and again, where she achieved multiple single-digit results. In the World Cup, her best result was a 30th place, which she achieved in a sprint in Hochfilzen in 2004. At the same time it was her first world cup point win. Her last international race so far, she contested the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , where she was 81st in the sprint.
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
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| 1st place | ||||||
| 2nd place | ||||||
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| Top 10 | ||||||
| Scoring | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Starts | 15th | 35 | 6th | 56 | ||
| Status: after the 2008/2009 season | ||||||
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ciurina, Valentina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moldovan biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |