Alena Dimitrievna Tiron (Russian: Алёна Димитриевна Тирон), née Alena Bogacheva (Russian: Алёна Богачёва); born 8 December 1993) is a Russian female rugby union and rugby sevens player which represents Russia in World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and Rugby Europe Women's Sevens.[1]
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| Birth name | Alena Dimitrievna Bogacheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 December 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Novosibirsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Siberian Federal University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Ilya Tiron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editRugby player career
editAlena came to rugby from track and field while having silver and bronze medals of 2012 Russia Championship in relay (400+300+200+100 and 800+400+200+100 respectively).[2] She declined the invitation to rugby union from Yenisey-STM manager in 2011, but two years later, in March 2013 after graduating from sports school she moved to Krasnoyarsk and began training. On 1 May 2013 she became the player of Yenisey-STM after offer from a coach Maxim Zaltsman.[3] She graduated from Siberian Federal University and won silver medal of III Russian Summer Youth Spartakiade.[4]
She made her debut in Russia sevens national team in the end of 2013 before 2013 Dubai Women's Sevens, but did not take part in the competition due to heel injury. In January 2014 she joined the training and became the main squad player. Her debut was on the very next World Rugby Women's Sevens tournament.[3] She is a five-time European Grand Prix winner: in 2014 she played all matches without substitutions and won her first gold medal.[3] Due to serious injury she withdrawn from 2016 Rugby World Women's Sevens Olympic Repechage Tournament, where Russia has lost the final place at the Olympic tournament to Spain women's national rugby sevens team.
In 2017 Alena was nominated for the DHL Impact Player award.[5] At the end of 2017–18 season she had 84 caps and 366 points (including 70 tries)[6] and after 2018–19 season she reached 120 caps and 451 points (87 tries and 8 conversions).
Achievements
edit- Rugby Europe Women's Sevens champion: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
- Rugby Europe Women's Sevens runner-up: 2015
- 2015 Dubai Women's Sevens All-Star team player
- DHL Impact Player
- 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens DHL Impact Player[7]
- 2018 Japan Women's Sevens DHL Impact Player[8]
- Rugby Europe Women's Championship bronze medalist: 2016
- 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series DHL Impact Player[9]
Personal life
editAlena's mother has a degree in Mathematics.[10]
Alena was married to Alexey Mikhaltsov, a Russian rugby player. On 12 October 2019, Alena married Ilya Tiron, RC Moscow Torpedo and Russia national team video analyst player. Alena's bright appearance (hairstyle and pigtails) is well known in rugby world.[11][5]
References
edit- ^ "RWC Sevens 2018: Women's team profiles". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ О назначении ежемесячных денежных выплат спортсменам
- ^ a b c Алена Михальцова: «Когда я стала играть в регби, мама начала писать стихи»(in Russian)
- ^ Студенты СФУ – призеры III летней спартакиады молодежи России по регби Archived 13 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ a b Алена Михальцова: самые красивые регбистки в мире играют за сборную России(in Russian)
- ^ 7 красивых причин смотреть женский Кубок мира по регби-7(in Russian)
- ^ "Mikhaltsova wins DHL Impact Player in Dubai". World Rugby. 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Mikhaltsova named DHL Impact Player in Kitakyushu". World Rugby. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Михальцова стала самым полезным игроком Мировой серии по регби-7(in Russian)
- ^ Алёна Михальцова: «В регби надо выживать» (in Russian)
- ^ Красота спасет мир: топ-3 самых необычных причесок регбисток казанского этапа чемпионата Европы(in Russian)
Sources
edit- Alena Tiron at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)