Adelina Ibatullina Explained

Adelina Ibatullina
Birth Date:26 January 1999
Birth Place:Ufa, Russia
Country:Russia
Sport:Modern pentathlon
Club:CSKA Moscow
Coach:Yevgeny Zinkovsky

Adelina Ibatullina (Russian: Аделина Ибатуллина; born 26 January 1999)[1] is a Russian modern pentathlete.

Personal life

Adelina Ibatullina was born on 26 January 1999, in Ufa, and she is Bashkir.[2] She has been a vegetarian since 2014.[3]

Career

Ibatullina competed at the 2014 Youth Olympics and finished sixth individually. She also competed with Radion Khripchenko from Kyrgyzstan in the mixed relay, and they finished seventh.[4] She then won the gold medal at the 2017 U19 World Championships.[5]

Ibatullina won the gold medal at the 2019 Russian Championships in the individual event and in the team event with the Moscow team.[6] She competed at the 2019 European Championships where she finished eleventh and qualified a spot to the 2020 Olympic Games.[7] [8] She won the individual gold medal at the 2019 European Junior Championships.[9] At the 2019 Junior World Championships, she won three gold medals: in individual pentathlon, in the relay with Kseniia Fraltsova, and in the team event.[10] She also competed at the 2019 World Championships at the senior level where she finished nineteenth in her qualification group.[11]

Ibatullina won a silver medal in the team event at the 2021 European Championships alongside Sophia Kozlova and Gulnaz Gubaydullina. Although she had qualified a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games, the Russian Olympic Committee had qualified three athletes but were only permitted to send two, and Gubaydullina and Uliana Batashova were chosen to compete.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adelina Ibatullina . UIPM . 17 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Ufa resident Adelina Ibatullina became world champion in modern pentathlon . Башинформ . 17 April 2021 . 8 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Romanov . Yan . Спортсменка из Уфы Аделина Ибатуллина рассказала о тренировках на карантине и вегетарианстве . BASH . 17 April 2021 . Russian . 25 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Adelina Ibatullina . Olympedia . 17 April 2021.
  5. Web site: UIPM 2017 U19 World Championships: Ibatullina is Golden Girl for Russia . UIPM . 17 April 2021 . 22 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Чемпионкой России стала Аделина Ибатуллина . FSPR . 17 April 2021 . Russian . 1 June 2019.
  7. Web site: European Championships 2019 . UIPM . 17 April 2021 . 2 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Doyle . Stephen . "I'm over the moon" Natalya Coyle seals third Olympic qualification . Today fm . 17 April 2021 . 12 August 2019.
  9. Web site: UIPM 2019 Pentathlon Junior World Championships: Ibatullina (RUS) Completes Golden Trinity . UIPM . 17 April 2021 . 11 July 2019.
  10. Web site: Etchells . Daniel . Ibatullina completes golden trinity at UIPM Junior World Championships . Inside the Games . 17 April 2021 . 11 July 2019.
  11. Web site: UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Championships . UIPM . 17 April 2021 . 1 September 2019.
  12. Web site: Russia announces national pentathlon team's roster for Summer Olympics in Tokyo . TASS . 18 August 2021 . 21 June 2021.