Olga Medvedtseva
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| Full name | Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 7, 1975 Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2000-2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева), former Pyleva (Russian: Пылёва), née Zamorozova (Russian: Заморозова), (born 7 July 1975) is a former Russian biathlete.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze medal in the team relay.
Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition during the 2004–05 season in the sprint and pursuit events.
She retired after the 2009–10 season.[1]
Doping offense and disqualification in 2006[]
At the 2006 Winter Olympics she won the silver in the women's 15 km individual race, but on February 16, 2006, she was disqualified from further competition for failing a drug test when she tested positive for the stimulant carphedon. The International Olympic Committee panel found her guilty, and she was expelled from the games and stripped of her medal. She was then banned for two years from competition, and the authorities in Turin started a criminal investigation into the matter. The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Committee claimed that Pyleva took an over-the-counter medication for an ankle injury prescribed by her personal doctor who is not a team doctor, which contained carphedon.[2]
See also[]
- Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References[]
- ^ Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Russian Biathlete Expelled From Torino for Doping | Fox News". 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
External links[]
- Olga Medvedtseva at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU
 Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 10 km pursuit | |
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| Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay | |
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| 3 × 7.5 km | |
| 4 × 7.5 km | |
| 4 × 6 km |
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World champions in women's biathlon – 15 km individual | |
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| 4 × 7.5 km | |
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| 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km |
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| 4 × 6 km | |
- 1975 births
- Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Doping cases in biathlon
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Living people
- Russian female biathletes
- Olympic biathletes of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Competitors stripped of Winter Olympics medals
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics