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'''Irina Anatolievna Malgina''' ({{langx|ru|Ири́на Анато́льевна Ма́льгина}}; born in [[Murmansk]] on June 8, 1973) is a retired [[Russia]]n [[biathlete]] and sport [[coach (sport)|coach]] at present.

==Biography==
Irina Malgina was born in [[Murmansk]], [[Soviet Union]]. At school she had engaged in [[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo]], [[figure skating]] and [[skiing]] caused the greatest interest. The first sporting success was the victory in [[Apatity]] on the [[Feast of the North]] among schoolchild in 1980s, where she was its overall champion. In 1990, Irina passed on the leadership of coach Yevgeny Komarov, and executed the qualifying standard of the candidate for master of sports. 	
In the same year she entered the [[Murmansk State Pedagogical University]] on specialty "primary school and physical education teacher". After 3 years she has been able to comply with the standard master of sports, and then in 1996 won the Championship of Russia became an international master. However, the most progress began since her move to [[Khanty-Mansiysk]] in 1997, when she first won at the 1999 European Championships in [[Izhevsk]].
During the [[2001 Winter Universiade]] in [[Zakopane]], she won gold medals in the 7.5&nbsp;km sprint, 10&nbsp;km pursuit and 3 × 7.5&nbsp;km relay.<ref>Sports 123: Biathlon: Universiade: Women: [http://sports123.com/bia/wun-7.5.html 7.5 km sprint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216092231/http://sports123.com/bia/wun-7.5.html |date=2008-12-16 }}, [http://sports123.com/bia/wun-10.html 10 km pursuit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216092507/http://sports123.com/bia/wun-10.html |date=2008-12-16 }}, [http://sports123.com/bia/wun-3x7.5.html 3×7.5 km relay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216092226/http://sports123.com/bia/wun-3x7.5.html |date=2008-12-16 }}</ref> Later on, she succeeded in winning Continental gold medals another five times during the 2002-2005 year. At the [[Biathlon World Championships 2006|2006 Biathlon World Championships]] Irina Malgina was part of the mixed-relay that won owing to her and [[Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.]] accurate shooting at the last stage.<ref>{{cite news|author=The [[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2006-03-12-roundup_x.htm|title=Russia 2 takes gold in World Championships|work=[[USA Today]]|date=2006-03-12|access-date=2009-03-06}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192548/http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS20806197301 |date=March 3, 2016 |title=Old IBU profile}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090403185818/http://rbu-biathlon.ru/biathlete/person/malgina-irina.html Russian Biathlon Union profile] {{in lang|ru}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Murmansk]]
[[Category:Skiers from Murmansk Oblast]]
[[Category:Russian female biathletes]]
[[Category:Biathlon World Championships medalists]]


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