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Irina Avvakumova

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Irina Avvakumova
Full nameIrina Andreyevna Avvakumova née Taktayeva
Born (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 32)
Myza, Gatchinsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Ski clubMoscow ShVSM
Avvakumova Taktaeva bronze medalist at the World Cup in Hinterzarten, 2013.

Irina Avvakumova (Russian: Ирина Андреевна Аввакумова) (born 14 September 1991 in Myza, Leningrad Oblast) is a Russian ski jumper and several times National Champion. Avvakumova is the overall winner of the 2012/13 Continental Cup. At the Winter Universiade 2013 Avvakumova won the gold medal in the team event and the bronze medal in the individual competition.[1]

Sports career

In 2005, Avvakumova changed from cross country skiing to ski jumping. In 2011, she took part in her first World Cup event in Lillehammer, placing 40th. In 2012, her best World Cup results are the 13th and 14th position in Zao (3 March 2012) and Hinzenbach (4 February 2012) respectively, with her Russian team she placed 11th in Lillehammer (23 November 2012). In 2013, Avvakumova represented Russia in the World Championships in Val di Fiemme and placed 13th in the individual ranking and 9th in the team ranking.[2]

At the Summer Grand Prix events in 2013, Avvakumova achieved top ten positions in Hinterzarten (8th) and Courchevel (10th).

She achieved her best international result at the Summer Grand Prix Ski Jumping Final in Almaty (23 September 2012) winning the silver medal.[3] In 2012/13 she also won the Continental Cup, taking part in four events and winning three of them in Örnköldsvik.

Avvakumova's coaches are Konstantin Shaitanov, Roman Kerov and Roman Pashkin.[4]

Higher education

Since 2009 Avvakumova has studied sports at the Moscow State Academy of Physical Education, Youth and Tourism МГАФК (Московская государственная академия физической культуры, formerly known as МОГИФК) in Malakhovka (Малаховка). Avvakumova lives nearby in Chulkovo (Чулково), a small village south east of Moscow. Her mother Svetlana (Светлана Сергеевна Тактаева) is a teacher at the СОШ №20, the local high school also attended by Irina.[5]

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