TIRON Alena

Date of Birth: 8 Dec 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: NOVOSIBIRSK

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : ZELENOGRAD

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women ROC ROC	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W05 ROC ROC 12 GBR Great Britain 14	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W12 ROC ROC 35 KEN Kenya 12	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W18 NZL New Zealand 33 ROC ROC 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #W21 NZL New Zealand 36 ROC ROC 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 5-8 #W25 ROC ROC 7 AUS Australia 35	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Placing 7-8 #W29 ROC ROC 10 CHN China 22	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016/2017
6	Women	2020
6	Women	2018
7	Women	2019

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2018	Sydney, NSW, AUS
6	Women	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS
7	Women	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2017	Langford, BC, CAN
7	Women	2019	Langford, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017	Dubai, UAE
3	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
5	Women	2018	Dubai, UAE
6	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2019	Biarritz, FRA
10	Women	2018	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - Japan

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	Kitakyushu, JPN
5	Women	2017	Kitakyushu, JPN
8	Women	2019	Kitakyushu, JPN

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA
7	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA
7	Women	2018	Glendale, CO, USA

Tiroshka (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

Previous names:

Alena Mikhaltsova, Alena Bogacheva

Knitting, studying English, reading books. (olympics.com, 16 Jan 2021)

Occupation:

Coaching, Teaching - Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation

Languages spoken:

RC CSKA Moscow [Russian Federation] since 2019

Andrey Kuzin [national], RUS

Other sports:

She has represented the Russian Federation in rugby union [15-a-side] and won bronze at the 2016 Europe Championship in Madrid, Spain. (cska-rugby.ru, 15 Oct 2016)

2014 for Russian Federation Against Spain, in Atlanta, GA, United States of America (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

In December 2019 she aggravated a knee injury that she had first troubled her four years earlier. She decided to have an operation on the knee when the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo was postponed. (olympics.com, 16 Jan 2021)

She began playing rugby in 2013, at age 19, at Yenisey-STM club in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

She switched from athletics to playing rugby after being spotted by a rugby coach at a regional athletics competition in Omsk, Russian Federation. "I don't think that if I had started in rugby 15-a-side, I would have stuck with it. But, after I went from athletics to rugby sevens, I was really addicted, so I carried on doing it and fell in love with the sport." (olympics.com, 16 Jan 2021; sport-express.ru, 06 May 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport24.ru, 20 Jun 2021)

Winning multiple medals at the Europe Championships and receiving the 2018/19 World Series Impact Player award. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021; irishrugby.ie, 17 Jun 2019)

Her family. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2021)

She won the 2018/19 World Series Impact Player award. (World Rugby Sevens Facebook page, 17 Jun 2019)

In 2018 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 27 Apr 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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