Olga Anisimova Explained

Olga Anisimova
Fullname:Olga Viktorovna Anisimova
Birth Date:29 January 1972
Birth Place:Balakovo, USSR
Disciplines:Biathlon
Wcdebut:December 19, 1991
Retired:2010
Worldsteams:2 (2006, 2007)
Wcseasons:9 (1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 2001/02, 2004/05–2008/09)
Wcrelayswins:2
Wcpodiums:1
Wcrelayspodiums:5

Olga Anisimova (Russian Ольга Викторовна Анисимова; *January 29, 1972) is a former Russian biathlete.

Career

Anisimova started her career competing for the USSR at the Biathlon Youth and Junior World Championships between 1988 and 1991. Her Biathlon World Cup debut came during the 1991-92 Biathlon World Cup season in the individual in Hochfilzen, Austria. She competed during the 1993-94 Biathlon World Cup season. However, she was out of the A-Team following the 1995-96 Biathlon World Cup season, making a comeback a decade later during the 2006-07 Biathlon World Cup season.

She made her way back into the Russian A-Team thanks to great results in the European Cup when she won the overall title during the 2005–06 season. At the 2004 Biathlon Open European Championships in Minsk, Belarus, she won a gold medal with the Russian relay.[1] Two years later in Arber, Germany, she won two silver medals in the sprint and pursuit.[2] [3]

Her best ever result in the World Cup came during the 2007-08 Biathlon World Cup where, at the age of 35, she finished second in the Oberhof, Germany mass start, behind Magdalena Neuner.[4] Her best finish in the overall came a season earlier when she finished 21st.[5]

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay
align=left 2006 Pokljuka16th
align=left 2007 Antholz-Anterselva43rd7th

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biathlon European Championships 2004 Minsk (BLR) Women 4x6km Relay – Final Results. IBU. August 25, 2020.
  2. Web site: Biathlon European Championships 2006 Arber (GER) Women 7.5km Sprint – Final Results. IBU. August 25, 2020.
  3. Web site: Biathlon European Championships 2006 Arber (GER) Women 10km Pursuit – Final Results. IBU. August 25, 2020.
  4. Web site: 2007–08 E.ON Ruhrgas Biathlon World Cup 4 Oberhof (GER) Women 12.5km Mass Stat – Final Results. IBU. August 25, 2020.
  5. Web site: 2006–07 Women's Overall World Cup. real biathlon. August 25, 2020.