Ekaterina Avvakumova
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| Nationality | Russian South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 1990 Veliky Ustyug, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yekaterina Sergeyevna Avvakumova (Russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Аввакумова, Korean: 예카테리나 세르게예브나 아바쿠모바, romanized: Yekʰat"erina Sŭrŭgeyebŭna Abakʰumoba, born 26 October 1990) is a Russian-born South Korean biathlete. She obtained Korean citizenship in 2017. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics and in the 2025 Asian Winter Games.[2] In the 2025 Asian Winter Games she won South Korea’s first gold medal in biathlon at any Asian Winter Games.[3]
Career results
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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 2018 Pyeongchang
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16th | 87th | — | — | 18th | — |
 2022 Beijing
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73rd | 49th | LAP | — | — | — |
World Championships
[edit]0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2017 Hochfilzen
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5th | 63rd | — | 30th | 18th | 19th | — |
 2021 Pokljuka |
28th | 67th | — | — | 23rd | 26th | 23rd |
 2023 Oberhof
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48th | 30th | 53rd | — | — | 21st | 25th |
 2024 Nové Město na Moravě
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31st | 42nd | 44th | — | 19th | 25th | 15th |
References
[edit]- ^ "DATACENTER". biathlonresults.com.
- ^ "Biathlon - Athlete Profile: Ekaterina AVVAKUMOVA - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Ekaterina Avvakumova earns Korea"s first-ever biathlon gold at Asian Games". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. February 11, 2025.
External links
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Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Naturalized citizens of South Korea
- Olympic biathletes for South Korea
- Russian female biathletes
- Russian emigrants to South Korea
- South Korean female biathletes
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia
- Winter World University Games medalists in biathlon
- Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
- People from Veliky Ustyug
- Sportspeople from Vologda Oblast
- 21st-century Russian sportswomen
- 21st-century South Korean sportswomen
- Biathletes at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
- Asian Games competitors for South Korea
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
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