Olga Zaitseva

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Biography

Federation Cup

  • Primary profession
  • Producer
  • Country
  • Russia
  • Nationality
  • Russian
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 16 May 1978
  • Place of birth
  • Moscow
  • Education
  • Russian State University of Physical Education· Sport· Youth and Tourism
  • Member of
  • CSKA Moscow

Awards

Trivia

Hobbies are listening to music, dancing and biking.

Retired from biathlon on 24 January 2015.

Has one discipline title for the mass start in 2004-2005 season.

Her biathlon equipment consists of: skis: Madshus, rifle: Anschutz, gloves and glasses: Adidas and ski poles: Leki.

Has 12 individual victories.

Made her World Cup debut on 12 February 2000.

Has 37 individual podiums.

Finished 4th in the 2004-2005 season.

In October 2015 gave birth to her second son Stepan.

Personal coach is Rocheva.

Her former husband Milan Augustin is a Slovakian biathlon coach. They have one child together, a son Aleksandr born in 2007.

Has two sisters: Elena born in 1976 and Oksana born in 1973, who was her coach.

Parents are Alexey, a pilot and Alexandra, a teacher in a kindergarten.

Her club is CSKA.

Is a former biathlete.

Won 4 Olympic medals - 2 gold and 2 silver.

As of January 2012, she has competed in a total of 208 races at senior level, winning 26 of them (a 12.5 win percentage), including 174 races with 12 wins (a 6.9 win percentage) in individual events.

Announced that she had been appointed as caretaker head coach of the Russian biathlon team.

Won 8 medals from World Championships over the years - 3 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze.

Coach is Valeriy Polkhovski.

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