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{{Short description|Russian biathlete (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Albina Akhatova
| image          = Albina Akhatova Ostersund 2008.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
| caption        = Akhatova at the Östersund '08 World Championship
| full_name      = Albina Khamitovna Akhatova
| birth_name     = <!--if different-->
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|13 November 1976}}
| birth_place    = [[Nikolsk, Vologda Oblast]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[biathlon]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Biathlon at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's relay|4 × 6 km relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] | [[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]] }}
{{MedalBronze | {{nowrap|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]}} | [[Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's relay|4 × 7.5 km relay]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's individual|15 km individual]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] | [[Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit|10 km pursuit]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Biathlon World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Biathlon World Championships 1998|1998 Hochfilzen]] | Team event }}
{{MedalGold | [[Biathlon World Championships 2000|2000 Oslo]] | 4 × 7.5 km relay }}
{{MedalGold | [[Biathlon World Championships 2003|{{nowrap|2003 Khanty-Mansiysk}}]] | {{nowrap|12.5 km mass start}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[Biathlon World Championships 2003|2003 Khanty-Mansiysk]] | 4 × 6 km relay }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999 Kontiolahti]] | 4 × 7.5 km relay }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]] | 15 km individual }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Biathlon World Championships 2004|2004 Oberhof]] | 4 × 6 km relay }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]] | 7.5 km sprint }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Biathlon World Championships 1999|1999 Oslo]] | 15 km individual }}
{{MedalBronze | [[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 Östersund]] | 10 km pursuit }}
}}

'''Albina Khamitovna Akhatova''' ({{langx|ru|Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Альбина Хәмит кызы Әхәтова}}; born 13 November 1976) is a Russian former [[biathlon|biathlete]]. She was banned for two years for doping.

==Career==
At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], she won bronze medals in the {{convert|10|km}} pursuit and {{convert|15|km}} individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate [[Olga Pyleva]] was disqualified after failing a doping test. She also won gold, silver, and bronze medals in Olympic relay competitions in 2006, 1998, and 2002, respectively.

Akhatova also won the gold medals in the mass start at the 2003 World Championship held in [[Khanty-Mansiysk]]. In 1999 in [[Oslo]], she won the bronze medal, and in 2004 in [[Oberhof, Germany]], she won the silver medal, both over the distance of 15&nbsp;km. She also was part of Russia's winning relay teams at the 2000 and 2003 World Championships.

After a break in the 2006/07 season, she returned in January 2008. At the [[Biathlon World Championships 2008|2008 World Championships in Östersund]], she won the silver medal in the {{convert|7.5|km}} sprint and the bronze medal in the subsequent 10&nbsp;km pursuit.

===Doping case===
On 13 February 2009 the IBU announced that Akhatova, along with teammates [[Ekaterina Iourieva]] and [[Dmitri Yaroshenko]], had tested positive for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] during the World Cup in [[Östersund]]. On 11 August 2009, each was banned for two years.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/sports/13iht-dope.1.20176190.html |title=Biathlon champion is banned |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 3, 2009 |access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 November 2009 |title=CAS upholds doping bans of Russian biathletes |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/skiing/news/story?id=4650931 |access-date=29 December 2021 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 13 November 2009|title=Russian drug cheats will miss Vancouver and Sochi after CAS uphold bans |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/7929/russian-drug-cheats-will-miss-vancouver-and-sochi-after-cas-uphold-bans |url-status=live |access-date=3 January 2022 |website=www.insidethegames.biz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103153221/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/7929/russian-drug-cheats-will-miss-vancouver-and-sochi-after-cas-uphold-bans |archive-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite web |url=http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS21311197601 |title=IBU Profile of Albina Akhatova |publisher=[[International Biathlon Union]] |access-date=10 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222072430/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS21311197601 |archive-date=22 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/albina-akhatova-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202201016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/albina-akhatova-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2016 |title=Albina Akhatova}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://akhatova.ru}}
* {{IBU profile}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Nikolsky District, Vologda Oblast]]
[[Category:Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Doping cases in biathlon]]
[[Category:Olympic biathletes for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Russian female biathletes]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in biathlon]]
[[Category:Biathlon World Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Russian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vologda Oblast]]

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