- Olena Zubrilova
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Medal record 
Olena ZubrilovaWomen's biathlon World Championships Gold 1999 Kontolahti 10 km pursuit Gold 1999 Oslo 15 km individual Gold 1999 Oslo 12.5 km mass start Silver 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km individual Silver 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 15 km individual Silver 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 7.5 km sprint Silver 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 10 km pursuit Bronze 2005 Hochflizen 7.5 km sprint Bronze 2005 Hochflizen 4 x 6 km relay Bronze 2001 Pokljuka 15 km individual Bronze 2001 Pokljuka 4 x 7.5 km relay Bronze 2000 Oslo 4 x 7.5 km relay Bronze 1999 Kontolahti 7.5 km sprint Bronze 1996 Rupholding 4 x 7.5 km relay Olena Zubrilova (Belarusian: Алена Зубрылава Alena Zubrylava, Ukrainian: Олена Миколаївна Зубрилова, Russian: Елена Николаевна Зубрилова; born February 25, 1973 in Shostka, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for the Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002.
Zubrilova has won a total of fourteen Biathlon World Championships medals in her career, including three gold (pursuit, individual, and mass start: all 1999), four silvers (individual: 1997, 2003; sprint: 1997, and pursuit: 1997), and seven bronzes (relay: 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2005; sprint: 1999 and 2005, and individual: 2001). She also competed in three Winter Olympics, her best individual finish was 5th in the 7.5 km at Turin in 2006.
Zubrilova as of 2006 also has the most victories at the Holmenkollen ski festival's biathlon event with five (1999: individual, sprint, pursuit, and mass start; 2002: pursuit). She also has 21 victories in her career.
A divorced mother of one, Zubrilova makes her living as a coach.
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