Alena Zavarzina
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| Birth name | Alena Igorevna Zavarzina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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27 May 1989 Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Parallel Slalom, Parallel Giant Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alena Igorevna Zavarzina (Russian: Алёна Игоревна Заварзина; born 27 May 1989) is a Russian snowboarder. She is married to American-born snowboarder Vic Wild who competed for Russia in the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi.
Zavarzina competed for Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in parallel giant slalom, finishing 17th. Zavarzina later won the gold medal at the 2011 FIS Snowboarding World Championships parallel giant slalom in La Molina in the Spanish Pyrenees.[1] In 2009, she won her only race up to now in the snowboard world cup in Telluride, Colorado. She won the bronze medal in parallel giant slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
World Cup results
Race Podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2009–10 | 17 December 2009 |  Telluride, United States | Parallel GS | 1st |
| 24 January 2010 |  Stoneham, Canada | Parallel GS | 2nd | |
| 2010–11 | 10 October 2010 |  Landgraaf, Netherlands | Parallel Slalom | 3rd |
| 10 December 2010 |  Limone Piemonte, Italy | Parallel GS | 2nd | |
| 2014–15 | 18 December 2014 |  Montafon, Austria | Parallel Slalom | 3rd |
| 14 March 2015 |  Winterberg, Germany | Parallel Slalom | 3rd | |
| 2015–16 | 6 March 2016 | Winterberg, Germany | Parallel Slalom | 1st |
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Parallel Slalom | Parallel Giant Slalom |
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| 2010 Vancouver | 20 | N/A | 17 |
| 2014 Sochi | 24 | 13 | 3 |
- *Parallel slalom was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships results
| Year | Age | Parallel Slalom | Parallel Giant Slalom |
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 2009 Gangwon | 19 | - | 21 |
 2011 La Molina | 21 | 32 | 1 |
| 2013 Stoneham | 23 | 9 | 5 |
| 2015 Kreischberg | 25 | 5 | 2 |
References
External links
- FIS-Ski.com – Biography
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