Elena Välbe

Elena Vyalbe is a ski legend. She confidently inscribed her name in the history of world victories. Now the champion is the president of the Russian Cross-Country Skiing Federation. Inscribed in the book of world records as "The best skier of the XX century."

The future skier was born in the spring, on April 20, 1968, in Magadan. The girl's mother - Galina Grigorievna Synkova - was born in the camp due to repression. Received a medical degree, but worked in a warehouse. The athlete's father, Valery Ivanovich Trubitsin, worked as a taxi driver. After reaching retirement age, he left for his hometown of Novorossiysk.

A ski track ran near the house of little Lena. She watched every day as skiers lay paths and then dashingly cut them.

At first, the mother was against classes. She believed that sports would affect her studies. Then Elena had to prove that she can combine school, skiing and help with household chores.

The biography of the athlete is full of difficulties. To achieve success, the girl began to temper early. And I started skiing at the age of eight. The first mentors of the young skier were Gennady Popkov and Viktor Tkachenko. It was they who discerned talent in Elena and helped to achieve serious success at the beginning of her career. Tkachenko worked with the athlete until the girl left for the national team. They made a "Magadan nugget" out of a little girl. The whole country later called the champion this nickname.

At the age of 11, the girl made her debut in junior competitions. At 12 she goes to a competition in Romania. Then comes the realization that skiing is the life of young Lena. The first significant victory came at the age of 13. Vyalbe won the race at the national championship, where she bypassed the favorites of the race.

At the age of 14, Elena was awarded the title of Master of Sports. For such a young age, it was an unprecedented success. Then in 1987, the skier went to the World Junior Championships in Italy and won.

At that moment, changes occurred in the athlete's personal life. She met the Estonian skier Urmas Välbe and got married. In the same year she gave birth to a son, France. Everyone thought that the girl had lost her shape and would not return to the track in the near future. But Elena didn't just come back. She went on the piste at the 1989 World Cup and bypassed her competitors. No one could compare with the young skier in the 10 and 30 km freestyle race. Experts said that the girl's success will soon decline. Elena proved otherwise.

At the championship in Italy, she won the gold medal in the 15 km classic style. Moreover, the gold was awarded to the athlete by Juha Mietta, a fan of which the girl was from an early age. Then Elena's photos flaunted on the front pages of newspapers, and fans began to call the young star "Magadan nugget".

In 1992, the athlete went to conquer the Olympic peak in Albertville. They said she would take more than one gold medal. But the race turned out differently: four times the girl came to the finish line third. The fact that the team relay became "gold" brightened up the "bronze".

The 1992-1993 season was held in a fight with teammate Larisa Lazutina. Girls shared prizes in personal races. The World Championship brought Vyalba two gold medals.

But the 1994 Olympics were unsuccessful. Two weeks before the start, Elena fell ill and could not fight on equal terms. The championship was again won in the relay. After a series of unsuccessful introductions, the girl decides to castle in the coaching staff and goes under the wing of the legendary Alexander Grushin.

The 1994-1995 World Cup was won by a record lead. As a result, Elena won 14 times at the stages of the World Cup. Then, at the world championship, Vyalbe took gold twice and silver once.

1995-1996 years passed for the athlete at a high level. She won four gold and three silver medals at the World Cup stages. In addition, she became the second in the fight for the Big Crystal Globe.

The most fantastic year in terms of victories was 1997. Vyalbe won all the competitions that took place this season in Trondheim. The King of Norway, presenting medals to Elena, compared the athlete with the goddess Nika.

The champion on such an outstanding note wanted to end her career, but the desire to go to the third Olympic competition and win the individual race prevailed. However, Elena's hopes were not destined to come true. The athlete fell ill on the eve of the games and could not prove herself in the personal relay. Gold was taken again in the team relay. At the end of the Olympics in Nagano, the 30-year-old champion completed her sports career.

The first time Elena was married to skier Urmas Vyalbe in 1987. In the same year, the son of France was born in the family. Vyalbe's first mentor, Viktor Tkachenko, the godfather of Frans. Elena broke up with Urmas when the boy was 1 year old. With the permission of the family of her ex-spouse, she left the surname Vyalbe, because in sports circles the woman is known under this surname.

The second husband of the athlete was a man named Maxim. He is in business. In 2002, the family was replenished - daughter Polina was born. Twelve years later, in the winter of 2014, Elena gave birth for the third time: Barbara was born. This shocked many, since the athlete at that time was 45 years old. Fans note that Elena Vyalbe recovered after the birth of her third child.

At the end of her sports life, Elena opened a business in Magadan. But the events of the nineties did not allow holding the business profitably. Then Vyalbe moved to the Moscow region, where she began to engage in ski training with children from orphanages.

In honor of the athlete, the "Vyalbe Ski Track" race is held, which has become a federal one. The Magadan Sports School is named after the champion. A woman helps an educational institution with sportswear and equipment.

Elena Valerievna is an advisor to the Governor of the Moscow Region on children's sports. In addition, she is the president of the Business Woman Club.

In 2010, Elena was invited to the post of President of the Russian Federation of Cross-Country Skiing. And for the 2014 Olympics, the woman trained Russian athletes who lived up to the hopes of the ski legend.

Elena Vyalbe is a happy mother and grandmother. The eldest son Frans recently had a daughter.

The president of cross-country skiing came to the Olympics in Pyeongchang, where she supported Russian athletes. Dmitry Guberniev on Instagram posted an excerpt from an interview with Elena, under which he called the skier "piercing".

In addition, the journalists did not ignore the problem with the doping scandal. To this question, the athlete confidently stated that this case was not without Western intelligence services.

1988-1989 - World Cup, 1st place 1989 - Title "Honorary Citizen of the City of Magadan" 1989 - Honored Master of Sports of the USSR 1990-1991 - World Cup, 1st place 1991-1992 - World Cup, 1st place 1992 - Honored Master of Sports of Russia 1992 - Holmenkollen Medal 1992 - Winter Olympic Games, 3rd place in individual race, 1st place in the team relay 1994 - Order of Friendship of Peoples 1994 - Winter Olympics, 1st place in the team relay 1994-1995 - World Cup, 1st place 1996-1997 - World Cup, 1st place 1997 - Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree 1997 - Badge of honor "For services in the development of physical culture and sports" 1998 - Winter Olympic Games, 1st place in the team relay 2014 - Medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 1st degree 2017 - Order of Merit to Khakassia

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