Olga Medvedtseva: biography and photos

Biography of Olga Medvedtseva, published in this article, describes the life path of the most experienced Russian biathlonist. Her path was thorny. Olga has won many times, has repeatedly won gold, silver and bronze medals. She was disqualified, left the sport, but again returned to it. And I finished my sports career only in 2010.

Childhood

July 7, 1975 in Borodino was born future biathlete Medvedtseva Olga Valeryevna. Her family loved trips to nature. Therefore, Olga got up on skis early - in seven years, while relaxing at the hostel "Christmas tree". But I entered the sports section only in the fourth grade. The first ski coach was Gary Adler.

Education

Olga enrolled in the Krasnoyarsk SFU (Siberian Federal University), the faculty of physical culture and sports. And in 2013 she defended her thesis. The work was based on the study of the construction of a multifunctional sports complex.

skiing

I did not like to go to skiing at first. And she left the sports section. But the coach returned it, already seeing the hiding sprout of talent. He advised not to make serious conclusions so hasty. And Olga returned to the section. And more training did not miss.

Soon the skiing race was really carried away. Among juniors Olga twice won in the relay race of the World Championship. And in individual disciplines received silver and bronze medals. Then Olga Medvedtseva was invited to the first Russian ski team.

Sports career

In 2000, when her husband persuaded Olga to return to the sport after the birth of her child, the athlete started a career in biathlon. And at the Olympic Games, which took place in Salt Lake City, Pyleva won a gold medal for a ten-kilometer distance. And in the Russian relay race - bronze.

In the relay races of 2000, 2001 and 2005, Olga became the world champion three times. In 2004, at the World Championship, she won gold and was awarded the title of vice-champion for the baton. In the World Cup, in the overall standings of 2004/2005, Olga took the second and third place. And in individual races she became a two-time winner.

Disqualification

In 2006, at the Olympic Games, held in Turin, Olga touched a doping scandal. The athlete was confident of victory, when she won a silver medal at the individual races at a distance of fifteen kilometers. Two days after the victory, the doctors announced the results of the doping tests.

They turned out to be positive. In the body of a sportswoman, an increased content of phenotropil, a prohibited preparation for these competitions, was found. A repeated test confirmed the presence of carphedon. In Russia it is called phenotropil. Olga Medvedtseva was immediately suspended from participation in the Olympic Games and disqualified for 2 years.

Olga's silver automatically passed to the German athlete Martina Glagov. Accordingly, the bronze went to Albina Akhatova. Olga really took phenotropil. He was appointed athlete physician, Nina Vinogradova.

Her mistake was that she did not agree the appointment of the drug with the doctors of the Russian team. As a result, Nina Vinogradova was suspended from medical activities related to athletes, for four years.

Continuation of sports career

After the scandal at the Olympic Games in Turin and disqualification Olga decided to finish her sports career. Pyleva got a job working as a presenter on the television channel "Russia". Olga Medvedtseva was leading Vesti-Krasnoyarsk. But in April 2007, the athlete again tried to return to the sport.

She applied to the International Biathlon Union for a reduction in the period of ineligibility. But Olga was refused. The International Union did not find in the documents submitted grounds for the reduction or cancellation of the period of ineligibility.

Olga returned to the sport only in the season 2007/2008. Acted under the surname of her second husband, becoming Medvedtseva. In 2009, Olga again took the lead at the World Cup. A year later she appeared in the Olympic Games for the Russian national team in Vancouver. Thanks Medvedtseva in the relay was won gold. And in the World Cup, Olga was able to take the 13th place. On the completion of her sports career, she announced in 2010.

Personal life

Olga Medvedtseva first married Eugene Pyleva, a biathlon coach. Soon the couple had a daughter, who was named Dasha. Olga completely plunged into family life and temporarily forgot about the sport. Her husband persuaded her to return.

During the disqualification period, Olga divorced her first husband and married the second time for her personal trainer, Valery Medvedtseva. In the past, he was an Olympic champion, winning in competitions in 1996. In February 2007, the couple had a son, who was named Arseny. And in May 2011, the daughter of Julia appeared.

Hobbies

Olga Medvedtseva, whose photo is posted in this article, not only keeps the family hearth. The sportswoman likes to sing very much. For example, "Tenderness" and "Song of the mammoth". Olga most like the repertoire of Maya Kristalinskaya. And anyway, all the songs that "cling to the soul."

Awards and titles

Medvedtseva Olga Valeryevna received the title of Honored Master of Sports. On May 5, 2003 she was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the fourth degree. The award was awarded for the contribution that the athlete made to physical culture and sports, for the high achievements at the Olympics in Salt Lake City.

The second award, the Order of Friendship, Medvedtseva was awarded on March 5, 2010 for great achievements in sports and physical education, for contribution to these areas, as well as for victories at the 2010 Olympic Games that took place in Vancouver.