Alena Kaufman

Alena Kaufman (Алена Владимировна Кауфман) is a Russian paralympic biathlete and skier who won two gold medals at the Sochi Paralympic Games[1] for 6,[2] and 10 km race respectively.[3][4][5] On March 12, 2014 she was congratulated by the Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of winning bronze medal in 1 km cross country skiing.[6] Previously, she also was a gold medalist at the 2006[7] and bronze one at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[8]

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Kaufman.
Alena Kaufman
Kaufman at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
Personal information
Full nameAlena Vladimirovna Kaufman
Born (1987-06-30) 30 June 1987
Professional information
SportBiathlon
Cross-country skiing
Paralympic Games
Teams3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals3 (2 gold)

References
  1. "Russia's Alena Kaufman wins gold at Sochi Paralympics". Vestnik Kavkaza. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  2. "Russian biathlete Alena Kaufman wins Paralympic gold in women's 6km standing". ITAR-TASS. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  3. "Russian biathlete Alena Kaufman wins her second gold of Sochi Paralympics". ITAR-TASS. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  4. "Paralympics: Kaufman Wins 2nd Gold in Sochi Biathlon". RIA Novosti. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  5. "Russia's Kaufman Charges to Paralympic Biathlon Gold". RIA Novosti. August 3, 2014. Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  6. "Congratulations to Alena Kaufman, Paralympic bronze medallist in 1km cross-country sprint". March 12, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  7. "Torino 2006 Paralympics". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  8. "Russia leads medal count after first day of Paralympics". RIA Novosti. February 3, 2014. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.


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