Full name Olena Pidhrushna Name Olena Pidhrushna Spouse Olexiy Kayda (m. 2013) Teams 2 (2010, 2014) Weight 67 kg | Club Kolos Height 1.76 m Sport Biathlon Role Biathlete World cup debut March 2, 2007 | |
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Born 9 January 1987 (age 37) ( 1987-01-09 ) Legnica, Poland Teams 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) Seasons 7 (2006/07, 2008/09–2013/14) Olympic medals Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Women's 4x6 km Relay Similar People Valj Semerenko, Vita Semerenko, Juliya Dzhyma, Tora Berger, Olga Vilukhina | ||
Olena pidhrushna a legendary relay leg
Olena Pidhrushna (Ukrainian: Олена Михайлівна Підгрушна; born 9 January 1987) is a Ukrainian biathlete.
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Career
She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She lives in Ternopil.
Pidhrushna took a hat-trick of medals at the 2013 Biathlon World Championships, where she won the gold in the sprint, was part of the women's relay team which won silver, and secured a bronze in the pursuit. For these achievements she was named as Ukraine's best sportswoman of 2013. Together with Juliya Dzhyma, Valj Semerenko and Vita Semerenko she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Pidhrushna took a break in her sport career at the end of the 2013-14 season, and was subsequently appointed Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Ukrainian government. But on November 30, 2014, she gave an interview for biathlon.com.ua, in which she stated: "I took break in my sport career for a decree only. I can't do anything before the time the child will be born... so I must do something... I want fans to understand my decision and wait. I hope to be back in future, after the child will be born..." So she returned in November 2015.
Personal life
Pidhrushna married Oleksiy Kayda on 26 May 2013. Kayda is a member of Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) for the party Svoboda. According to Pidhrushna her husband was attacked in December 2013 by "provocateurs" during the Euromaidan demonstrations. During the awarding ceremony after her victory in women's relay in Hochfilzen on 8 December 2013, she and other Ukrainian biathletes shouted "For Maidan". Pidhrushna gained at a news conference after her women's relay victory at the 2014 Winter Olympics a minute's silence in memory of the people who died in Kiev in the February 2014 Euromaidan riots.
