Olga Abramova

Olga Abramova
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 36)
Barysh, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
World Cup career
Seasons2014–2022
Podiums2
Updated on 24 April 2024.

Olga Abramova (Ukrainian: Ольга Абрамова; born 15 September 1988) is a former Russian (2011-2012) and Ukrainian (2012-2022) biathlete. Having little success in the Russian team, she changed her citizenship to Ukrainian in 2012.[1] She made her World Cup debut at the 2013–14 season in Antholz, Italy and went on to become a regular member of the Ukrainian team.[2] On 10 January 2016 she failed a drug test when meldonium was found in her doping test. Meldonium became illegal to use on 1 January 2016.

  1. ^ Ольга Абрамова: До сегодняшней гонки для меня все заканчивалось после стойки [Olga Abramova: Until today's race everything finished for me after shooting standing]. Biathlon.com.ua (in Russian). 23 December 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ Ольга Абрамова: Скорость на первых кругах вселяет оптимизм [Olga Abramova: The speed on initials laps is very otpimistic]. Biathlon.com.ua (in Russian). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.