Yelena Välbe
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's cross-country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1992 Albertville | 4 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1994 Lillehammer | 4 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | 4 x 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 5 km | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 15 km | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 30 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | 10 km freestyle | |
| Gold | 1989 Lahti | 30 km | |
| Gold | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 10 km | |
| Gold | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 15 km | |
| Gold | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1993 Falun | 15 km | |
| Gold | 1993 Falun | 4 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | 30 km | |
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 5 km | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 5 km | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 15 km | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 30 km | |
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1989 Lahti | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1991 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km | |
| Silver | 1995 Thunder Bay | 15 km | |
Yelena Välbe, née Trubitsyna (Russian: Трубицына, born April 20, 1968 in Magadan, Russia) is one of the most successful cross-country skiers ever.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Välbe won fourteen gold (1989: 10 km freestyle, 30 km; 1991: 10 km, 15 km, 4x5 km; 1993: 15 km, 4x5 km; 1995: 30 km, 4x5 km relay), and three silver medals (1989: 4x5 km, 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 4x5 km). She also won three gold (all in relays) and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as the Cross-country skiing World Cup five times (1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997) (she also finished second in 1990, 1993, 1996, and third in 1994). Välbe also won the 5 km (1991) and 15 km (1992) competitions at the Holmenkollen ski festival. She received the Holmenkollen medal in 1992.
She holds records for the number of wins (45) and podiums (81) in Cross-country skiing World Cup events.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile (As Elena Vaelbe Trubitsina.)
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
(As 3 x 5 km) 1956 Finland Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen
1960 Sweden Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström
1964 Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh
1968 Norway Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal
1972 Soviet Union Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova
(As 4 x 5 km) 1976 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova
1980 East Germany Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, & Barbara Petzold
1984 Norway Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt Pettersen, & Berit Aunli
1988 Soviet Union Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova
1992 Unified Team Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova
1994 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova
1998 Russia Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina
2002 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher
2006 Russia Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Alevtina Kolchina * 1970: Galina Kulakova * 1974: Galina Kulakova * 1978: Helena Takalo * 1982: Berit Aunli * 1985: Anette Bøe * 1987: Marjo Matikanen * 1991: Trude Dybendahl * 1993: Larisa Lazutina * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Bente Martinsen
1954: Lyubov Kozyreva * 1958: Alevtina Kolchina * 1962: Alevtina Kolchina * 1966: Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1970: Alevtina Olyunina * 1974: Galina Kulakova * 1978: Zinaida Amosova * 1982: Berit Aunli * 1985: Anette Bøe * 1987: Anne Jahren * 1989 classical: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi * 1989 freestyle: Yelena Välbe * 1991: Yelena Välbe * 2001: Bente Skari * 2003: Bente Skari * 2005: Kateřina Neumannová * 2007: Kateřina Neumannová
1993: Stefania Belmondo * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Stefania Belmondo * 2001: Virpi Kuitunen * 2003: Kristina Šmigun * 2005: Yuliya Chepalova * 2007: Olga Zavyalova
1989: Marjo Matikainen * 1991: Yelena Välbe * 1993: Yelena Välbe * 1995: Larisa Lazutina * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Stefania Belmondo * 2001: Bente Skari * 2003: Bente Skari
As 20 km - 1978: Zinaida Amosova * 1980: Veronika Hesse * 1982: Raisa Smetanina * 1985: Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo * 1987: Marie-Helene Westin
As 30 km - 1989: Yelena Välbe * 1991: Lyubov Yegorova * 1993: Stefania Belmondo * 1995: Yelena Välbe * 1997: Yelena Välbe * 1999: Larisa Lazutina * 2003: Olga Zavyalova * 2005: Marit Bjørgen * 2007: Virpi Kuitunen
(As 3 x 5 km) 1954 Soviet Union Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova
1958 Soviet Union Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva
1962 Soviet Union Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina
1966 Soviet Union Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina
1970 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina
(As 4 x 5 km) 1974 Soviet Union Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova
1978 Finland Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo
1982 Norway Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen
1985 Soviet Union Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova
1987 Soviet Union Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova
1989 Finland Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen
1991 Soviet Union Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe
1993 Russia Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova
1995 Russia Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk
1997 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe
1999 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2001 Russia Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk
2003 Germany Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher
2005 Norway Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen
2007 Finland Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen
| Preceded by Vegard Ulvang, Trond Einar Elden, Ernst Vettori, & Jens Weissflog |
Holmenkollen medal 1992 |
Succeeded by Emil Kvanlid |
Categories: 1968 births | Competitors at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Russian cross-country skiers | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team | Olympic gold medalists for Russia
