Yelena Välbe
Yelena Välbe | |
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![]() Yelena Välbe in 2004 | |
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Full name | Yelena Valeryevna Välbe |
Born | Magadan, Soviet Union | 20 April 1968
Ski club | CSKA Moscow |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 1987, 1989–1998 |
Individual wins | 45 |
Team wins | 24 |
Indiv. podiums | 81 |
Team podiums | 32 |
Indiv. starts | 117 |
Team starts | 33 |
Overall titles | 5 – (1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997) |
Discipline titles | 1 – (1 LD: 1997) |
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Medal record |
Yelena Valeryevna Välbe (Russian: Елена Валерьевна Вяльбе, née Trubitsyna; born 20 April 1968) is a Russian former cross-country skier. She won a record-high fourteen gold, including all five golds at the 1997 World Championships. She also won three Olympic gold medals and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as four World Cup Crystal Globes.
She has been president of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association since 2010, and manager of the Russian National cross-country team since 2012. White Snow, a biographical sports drama about Välbe, was released in 2020–21.
Career[]
Summary[]
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Välbe won a record-high fourteen gold (1989: 10 km freestyle, 30 km; 1991: 10 km, 15 km, 4 ×5 km relay; 1993: 15 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1995: 30 km, 4 x 5 km relay), and three silver medals (1989: 4 × 5 km relay, 1991: 30 km, 1995: 15 km), including all five golds at the 1997 championships in Trondheim (5 km, 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 15 km, 30 km, and 4 × 5 km relay).[1] She also won three gold (all in relays) and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as the FIS Cross-Country World Cup five times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997).[2] Välbe also won the 5 km (1991) and 15 km (1992) competitions at the Holmenkollen ski festival. She received the Holmenkollen medal in 1992.
After retirement[]
In 2010, Välbe was elected as President of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association.[3] – FIS 29 June 2010 article accessed 30 June 2010. Late in 2012 she got the position of manager for the Russian cross-country team towards the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She was also manager for the Russian team during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.[4]
Cross-country skiing results[]
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]
Olympic Games[]
- 7 medals – (3 gold, 4 bronze)
Year | Age | 5 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | 23 | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze | Bronze | Gold |
1994 | 25 | — | 6 | — | 6 | Gold |
1998 | 29 | — | 17 | — | 5 | Gold |
World Championships[]
- 17 medals – (14 gold, 3 silver)
Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km classical |
10 km freestyle |
15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989 | 20 | N/A | 6 | Gold | — | N/A | Gold | Silver |
1991 | 22 | — | N/A | Gold | Gold | — | Silver | Gold |
1993 | 24 | 4 | N/A | N/A | Gold | 6 | 19 | Gold |
1995 | 26 | 4 | N/A | N/A | Silver | 12 | Gold | Gold |
1997 | 28 | Gold | N/A | N/A | Gold | Gold | Gold | Gold |
World Cup[]
Season standings[]
Season | Age | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Long Distance | Sprint | ||
1987 | 18 | 23 | N/A | N/A |
1989 | 20 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1990 | 21 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1991 | 22 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1992 | 23 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1993 | 24 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1994 | 25 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1995 | 26 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1996 | 27 | ![]() |
N/A | N/A |
1997 | 28 | ![]() |
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1998 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 18 |
Individual podiums[]
- 45 victories
- 81 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1988–89 | 10 December 1988 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
2 | 14 December 1988 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
3 | 17 December 1988 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
4 | 7 January 1989 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
5 | 19 February 1989 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
6 | 25 February 1989 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
7 | 11 March 1989 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
8 | 1989–90 | 10 December 1989 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
9 | 18 February 1990 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
10 | 20 February 1990 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
11 | 2 March 1990 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
12 | 7 March 1990 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
13 | 1990–91 | 8 December 1990 | ![]() |
10 km + 15 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 2nd |
14 | 15 December 1990 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
15 | 15 December 1990 | ![]() |
5 km + 10 km Pursuit C/F | World Cup | 1st | |
16 | 5 January 1991 | ![]() |
30 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
17 | 8 February 1991 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
18 | 10 February 1991 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
19 | 16 February 1991 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 2nd | |
20 | 2 March 1991 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
21 | 9 March 1991 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
22 | 16 March 1991 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
23 | 1991–92 | 7 December 1991 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
24 | 8 December 1991 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit C | World Cup | 2nd | |
25 | 14 December 1991 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
26 | 4 January 1992 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
27 | 9 February 1992 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | |
28 | 13 February 1992 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | |
29 | 15 February 1992 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | |
30 | 21 February 1992 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd | |
31 | 14 March 1992 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
32 | 1992–93 | 12 December 1992 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
33 | 18 December 1992 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
34 | 3 January 1993 | ![]() |
30 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
35 | 9 January 1993 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
36 | 16 January 1993 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
37 | 19 February 1993 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
38 | 10 March 1993 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 3rd | |
39 | 19 March 1993 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
40 | 1993–94 | 11 December 1993 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
41 | 18 December 1993 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
42 | 21 December 1993 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
43 | 8 January 1994 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
44 | 12 March 1994 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
45 | 1994–95 | 27 November 1994 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
46 | 14 December 1994 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
47 | 17 December 1994 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
48 | 20 December 1994 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
49 | 7 January 1995 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
50 | 14 January 1995 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
51 | 4 February 1995 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
52 | 5 February 1995 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 1st | |
53 | 10 March 1995 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Championships[1] | 2nd | |
54 | 18 March 1995 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
55 | 25 March 1995 | ![]() |
15km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
56 | 1995–96 | 25 November 1995 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
57 | 29 November 1995 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
58 | 9 December 1995 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
59 | 10 December 1995 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit C | World Cup | 2nd | |
60 | 13 December 1995 | ![]() |
10 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
61 | 9 January 1996 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
62 | 13 January 1996 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
63 | 2 February 1996 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
64 | 4 February 1996 | ![]() |
1.0 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | |
65 | 25 February 1996 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 2nd | |
66 | 10 March 1996 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
67 | 1996–97 | 23 November 1996 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
68 | 7 December 1996 | ![]() |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
69 | 14 December 1996 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
70 | 5 January 1997 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
71 | 11 January 1997 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
72 | 12 January 1997 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 3rd | |
73 | 18 January 1997 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
74 | 21 February 1997 | ![]() |
15 km Individual F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
75 | 23 February 1997 | ![]() |
5 km Individual C | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
76 | 24 February 1997 | ![]() |
10 km Pursuit F | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
77 | 1 March 1997 | ![]() |
30 km Individual C | World Championships[1] | 1st | |
78 | 8 March 1997 | ![]() |
5 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
79 | 11 March 1997 | ![]() |
1.0 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | |
80 | 15 March 1997 | ![]() |
30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
81 | 1997–98 | 20 December 1997 | ![]() |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
Team podiums[]
- 24 victories – (24 RL)
- 32 podiums – (30 RL, 2 TS)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1986–87 | 1 March 1987 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Ordina / Lazutina / Reztsova |
2 | 1988–89 | 23 February 1989 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 2nd | Shamshurina / Smetanina / Tikhonova |
3 | 12 March 1989 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Lazutina / Smetanina / Tikhonova | |
4 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Yegorova / Lazutina / Tikhonova |
5 | 1990–91 | 15 February 1991 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 1st | Yegorova / Smetanina / Tikhonova |
6 | 10 March 1991 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Yegorova / Tikhonova | |
7 | 15 March 1991 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Nageykina / Smetanina / Tikhonova | |
8 | 1991–92 | 18 February 1992 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | Olympic Games[1] | 1st | Smetanina / Lazutina / Yegorova |
9 | 8 March 1992 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Lazutina / Nageykina / Yegorova | |
10 | 1992–93 | 26 February 1993 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 1st | Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Yegorova |
11 | 1993–94 | 22 February 1994 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | Olympic Games[1] | 1st | Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Yegorova |
12 | 4 March 1994 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
13 | 13 March 1994 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina | |
14 | 1994–95 | 15 January 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina |
15 | 29 January 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Zavyalova / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina | |
16 | 7 February 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 3 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina | |
17 | 12 February 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
18 | 17 March 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 1st | Danilova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
19 | 26 March 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Martynova | |
20 | 1995–96 | 17 December 1995 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Lazutina / Gavrylyuk / Yegorova |
21 | 14 January 1996 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
22 | 2 February 1996 | ![]() |
6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | Zavyalova | |
23 | 10 March 1996 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Yegorova | |
24 | 1996–97 | 24 November 1996 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Yegorova |
25 | 8 December 1996 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk / Lazutina / Yegorova | |
26 | 15 December 1996 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Gavrylyuk / Danilova / Yegorova | |
27 | 19 January 1997 | ![]() |
8 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Gavrylyuk | |
28 | 28 February 1997 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[1] | 1st | Danilova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
29 | 9 March 1997 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk | |
30 | 16 March 1997 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Danilova / Gavrylyuk / Nageykina | |
31 | 1997–98 | 7 December 1997 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Chepalova / Lazutina / Danilova |
32 | 14 December 1997 | ![]() |
4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Nageykina / Lazutina / Danilova |
Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
Personal life[]
Formerly she was married to Estonian cross-country skier Urmas Välbe. Together they had one child, Franz. She then married Maxim and gave birth to Polina and Varvara. She now lives in Moscow Oblast.[6]
In popular culture[]
- White Snow – a biographical sports drama film about Vyalbe
References[]
- ^ "VM i Trondheim i 1997" (in Norwegian). Ski-VM 2011 AS. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ Mattias Karen (February 27, 2015). "La revanche des Norvégiennes" [Norwegian Revenge]. Le Devoir (in French). Associated Press. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ "Presidential elections in Norway, Russia". Retrieved February 24, 2013 Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Eirik Borud, Ole Kristian Strøm (December 6, 2012). "Denne kvinnen er Russlands nye landslagssjef" [This woman is Russia's new coach]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ "VAELBE TRUBITSINA Elena". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Глава Федерации лыжных гонок России Елена Вяльбе, которой исполнилось 50 лет
External links[]
- Elena Vaelbe Trubitsina. at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2007) - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Magadan
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Russian female cross-country skiers
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Unified Team
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Honoured Coaches of Russia
- Sportspeople from Magadan Oblast