Alina Stremous (born 11 July 1995)[1] is a Russian-born Moldovan biathlete who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She won the 10 km pursuit event at the 2022 IBU Open European Championships.
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| Native name | Алина Стремоус | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 July 1995 Kotelnikovo, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Individual victories | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editStremous was born in Kotelnikovo, Russia. She studied at State Budgetary Secondary School No. 3, Saint Petersburg.[2]
Career
editStremous started cross-country skiing in Volgograd, Russia, and later moved to Saint Petersburg.[2] In 2017, she started competing for the St. Petersburg Biathlon Sports Federation.[2] She made her international debut in the 2019–20 Biathlon IBU Cup event in Minsk, Belarus.[2] In April 2020, Stremous started competing for Moldova, as she had been unable to make the Russian reserve team.[3] She had not competed internationally for Russia,[4] and so did not need permission from the Russian Biathlon Union to make the nationality change.[5] She was one of several Russian-born athletes who chose to represent Moldova.[6]
Stremous came fourth in the 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup event in Arber, Germany.[7] At the 2022 IBU Open European Championships, she won the 10 km pursuit event,[8][9] by 18 seconds. She had four penalties in the competition.[10] At the same Championships, she came second in the 15 km individual event,[11][12] and fourth in the 7.5 km sprint race.[4]
Stremous qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics; she was one of four Moldovan biathletes at the Games.[10][11] She came 10th in the women's sprint event and 16th in the pursuit race.[13] She missed two of her 10 targets in the pursuit race.[14] She also finished 37th in the 15km individual event,[15] and was the country's flag bearer at the closing ceremony.[16]
Career results
editOlympic Games
edit0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2022 Beijing
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37th | 10th | 16th | 30th | — | — |
World Championships
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| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2021 Pokljuka |
72nd | 53rd | 54th | — | — | 22nd | — |
 2023 Oberhof
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41st | 63rd | — | — | — | 23rd | 8th |
References
edit- ^ "Alina Stremous". Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Уроженка Волгоградской области Стремоус сменила спортивное гражданство". VPrada (in Russian). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Биатлонист из Саратова перешел в сборную Молдавии". 4Vsar (in Russian). 16 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Алина Стремоус выиграла золото на чемпионате Европы. Два года назад она перешла из России в Молдову" (in Russian). Sports.ru. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Бывшие российские биатлонисты Магазеев, Усов и Стремоус получили гражданство Молдовы, переход Шумиловой не состоялся" (in Russian). Ski Sports.ru. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Sportivii naturalizați fac performanță pentru R. Moldova la Olimpiadă". Radio Europa Liberă Moldova (in Romanian). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Biathlon IBU Cup : le doublé pour Akimova, Camille Bened sur le podium". Nordic Mag.info (in French). 16 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Aspenes battles to second gold medal at IBU Open European Championships". Inside the Games. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Biathlon Arber : Alina Stremous championne d'Europe de la poursuite". Nordic Mag.info (in French). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Dmitry Torner gratulierte Alina Stremous zum "Gold" der Europameisterschaft". 5Mins.at (in German). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Невероятный успех: Историческое золото молдавских биатлонистов на Чемпионате Европы!" (in Russian). 29 January 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's 15km Individual" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Biatlonista Alina Stremous, pe locul 16 în cursa de urmărire 10 km la Jocurile Olimpice". IPN (in Romanian). 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Biatlonista Alina Stremous, reprezentanta Moldovei la Olimpiada de iarna, a ocupat locul 16 in cursa de urmarire". ProTV (in Romanian). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Biatlonistele Alina Stremous si Alla Ghilenko, care evolueaza sub drapelul Moldovei, au debutat la Jocurile Olimpice de iarna". ProTV (in Romanian). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links
edit- Alina Stremous at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Alina Stremous at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Alina Stremous at Olympics.com
- Alina Stremous at Olympedia
