Alena Kaufman (Алена Владимировна Кауфман) is a Russian paralympic biathlete and skier who won two gold medals at the Sochi Paralympic Games[1] for 6,[2] and 10 km race respectively.[3][4][5] On March 12, 2014, she was congratulated by the Russian President Vladimir Putin for winning a bronze medal in 1 km cross-country skiing.[6] Previously, she also was a gold medalist at the 2006[7] and bronze one at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[8]
 Kaufman at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alena Vladimirovna Kaufman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon Cross-country skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 (2006, 2010, 2014) 3 (2006, 2010, 2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Russia's Alena Kaufman wins gold at Sochi Paralympics". Vestnik Kavkaza. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Russian biathlete Alena Kaufman wins Paralympic gold in women's 6km standing". ITAR-TASS. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Russian biathlete Alena Kaufman wins her second gold of Sochi Paralympics". ITAR-TASS. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Paralympics: Kaufman Wins 2nd Gold in Sochi Biathlon". RIA Novosti. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Russia's Kaufman Charges to Paralympic Biathlon Gold". RIA Novosti. August 3, 2014. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Congratulations to Alena Kaufman, Paralympic bronze medallist in 1km cross-country sprint". 12 March 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Torino 2006 Paralympics". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Russia leads medal count after first day of Paralympics". RIA Novosti. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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