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Apr 20, 1968 Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Russia 56 years old
cross-country skier
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About Yelena Vyalbe
- Yelena Valeryevna Vyalbe (Russian: ????? ?????????? ??????, née Trubitsyna, born 20 April 1968) is a Russian former cross-country skier.
- She has been president of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association since 2010, and manager of the Russian cross-country team since 2012. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Vyalbe won a record-high fourteen gold (1989: 10 km freestyle, 30 km; 1991: 10 km, 15 km, 4 ×5 km relay; 1993: 15 km, 4 × 5 km relay; 1995: 30 km, 4 x 5 km relay), and three silver medals (1989: 4 × 5 km relay, 1991: 30 km, 1995: 15 km), including all five golds at the 1997 championships in Trondheim (5 km, 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 15 km, 30 km, and 4 × 5 km relay).
- She also won three gold (all in relays) and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as the FIS Cross-Country World Cup five times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997) (she also finished second in 1990, 1993, 1996, and third in 1994).
- Vyalbe also won the 5 km (1991) and 15 km (1992) competitions at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
- She received the Holmenkollen medal in 1992. In 2010, Vyalbe was elected as President of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association.
- – FIS 29 June 2010 article accessed 30 June 2010.
- Late in 2012 she got the position of manager for the Russian cross-country team towards the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
- She was also manager for the Russian team during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.Formerly she was married to Estonian cross-country skier Urmas Välbe.
- Together they had one child, Franz.
- She then married Maxim and gave birth to Polina and Varvara.
- She now lives in Moscow Oblast.
