Alexandra Razarenova with Anja Dittmer at the Grand Prix triathlon in Tours, 2011.
Alexandra Razarenova (or Razaryonova, Russian: Александра Германовна Разарёнова, born 17 July 1990 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian professional triathlete, member of the Russian National Elite Team, Russian Elite Champion of the year 2011,[1] and European U23 Champion of the year 2011. She competed in the women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Sports career
Razarenova attended an elite sports school in St. Petersburg (Училище олимпийского резерва No. 1) and started her international career in 2005 when, at the age of 15, she took part in an ITU Elite race in Alanya.[citation needed]
From 2006 to 2009, she attended five Junior European Cup triathlons and always achieved top ten positions, among which three gold medals.[citation needed]
In 2009, she placed 4th in the Junior European Championships and 5th in the Junior World Championships.[citation needed]
In 2010, she placed 5th in the U23 World Championships and in 2011 she won the U23 European Championships.[citation needed]
From 2010 on Razarenova has represented Russia in the World Championship Series. In the World Championship Series Rankings 2011 she was number 62 and thus the second best Russian female triathlete behind Irina Abysova.[citation needed]
French Club Championship Series
In 2011, Razarenova also took part in the prestigious Club Championship Series D1 Lyonnaise des Eaux representing Charleville Tri Ardennes (CTA). In Paris (9 July 2011), Razarenova placed 16th (CTA's three triathlètes classants l'equipe being Emma Moffatt, Sarah Groff and Anja Dittmer), at the Grand Final in La Baule (17 September 2011) she placed 6th and was the best athlete of her club. For the triathlon in Tours there are no individual rankings available and at the opening triathlon in Nice (24 April 2011) Razarenova did not start (DNS), i.e. her club should have been disqualified because there were not five triathletes participating in the race but only four (Holland, Rabie, Delphine Py-Bilot, Letot).[citation needed]
ITU Competitions
In the six years from 2005 to 2010, Razarenova took part in 27 ITU competitions and achieved 16 top ten positions.[citation needed]
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page.[3] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and refer to the Elite category.
Date
Competition
Place
Rank
2005-10-26
Premium European Cup
Alanya
29
2006-10-18
Junior European Cup
Alanya
3
2007-10-24
Junior European Cup
Alanya
7
2008-05-10
European Championships (Junior)
Lisbon
19
2008-06-28
Junior European Cup
Holten
3
2008-09-06
Junior European Cup
Pulpí
1
2008-09-27
Duathlon World Championships (Junior)
Rimini
5
2008-10-26
Junior European Cup
Alanya
1
2009-06-20
Junior European Cup
Tarzo Revine
1
2009-07-02
European Championships (Junior)
Holten
4
2009-08-02
European Cup
Egirdir
7
2009-09-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: Junior World Championships
Gold Coast
5
2009-10-25
Premium European Cup
Alanya
7
2010-03-26
Asian Cup
Mekong River
1
2010-04-11
European Cup
Quarteira
DQ
2010-05-08
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Seoul
31
2010-06-05
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Madrid
51
2010-07-03
European Championships
Athlone
7
2010-07-10
World Cup
Holten
14
2010-07-17
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Hamburg
30
2010-08-08
World Cup
Tiszaújváros
9
2010-08-14
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Kitzbuhel
22
2010-08-28
European Championships (U23)
Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto)
DNF
2010-09-08
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships
Budapest
5
2010-10-10
World Cup
Huatulco
8
2010-10-16
World Cup
Tongyeong
13
2010-10-24
Premium European Cup
Alanya
DNF
2011-03-26
World Cup
Mooloolaba
22
2011-04-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Sydney
30
2011-05-15
Asian Cup
Seoul
4
2011-04-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Kitzbuhel
46
2011-06-24
European Championships
Pontevedra
DNF
2011-07-16
Dextro Energy World Championship Series
Hamburg
43
2011-08-14
World Cup
Tiszaújváros
19
2011-09-09
Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final
Beijing
47
2011-10-15
World Cup
Tongyeong
20
2011-10-28
European Championships (U23)
Eilat
1
DNF = did not finish • DNS = did not start • DQ = disqualified