Alexandra Razarenova


Alexandra Razarenova is a Russian professional triathlete, member of the Russian National Elite Team, Russian Elite Champion of the year 2011, and European U23 Champion of the year 2011. She competed in the Women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sports career

Razarenova attended an elite sports school in St. Petersburg and started her international career as early as in 2005 when, at the age of 15, she took part in an ITU Elite race in Alanya.
From 2006 to 2009, she attended five Junior European Cup triathlons and always achieved top ten positions, among which three gold medals.
In 2009, she placed 4th in the Junior European Championships and 5th in the Junior World Championships.
In 2010, she placed 5th in the U23 World Championships and in 2011 she won the U23 European Championships.
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.

French Club Championship Series

In 2011, Razarenova also took part in the prestigious Club Championship Series D1 Lyonnaise des Eaux representing Charleville Tri Ardennes. In Paris, Razarenova placed 16th, at the Grand Final in La Baule 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 Razarenova did not start, i.e. her club should have been disqualified because there were not five triathletes participating in the race but only four.

ITU Competitions

In the six years from 2005 to 2010, Razarenova took part in 27 ITU competitions and achieved 16 top ten positions.
The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the ITU Athletes's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons and refer to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2005-10-26 Premium European CupAlanya29
2006-10-18 Junior European CupAlanya3
2007-10-24 Junior European CupAlanya7
2008-05-10 European Championships Lisbon19
2008-06-28 Junior European CupHolten3
2008-09-06 Junior European CupPulpí1
2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships Rimini5
2008-10-26 Junior European CupAlanya1
2009-06-20 Junior European CupTarzo Revine1
2009-07-02 European Championships Holten4
2009-08-02 European CupEgirdir7
2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: Junior World ChampionshipsGold Coast5
2009-10-25 Premium European CupAlanya7
2010-03-26 Asian CupMekong River1
2010-04-11 European CupQuarteiraDQ
2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSeoul31
2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid51
2010-07-03 European ChampionshipsAthlone7
2010-07-10 World CupHolten14
2010-07-17 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg30
2010-08-08 World CupTiszaújváros9
2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel22
2010-08-28 European Championships Vila Nova de Gaia DNF
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipsBudapest5
2010-10-10 World CupHuatulco8
2010-10-16 World CupTongyeong13
2010-10-24 Premium European CupAlanyaDNF
2011-03-26 World CupMooloolaba22
2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney30
2011-05-15 Asian CupSeoul4
2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel46
2011-06-24 European ChampionshipsPontevedraDNF
2011-07-16 Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg43
2011-08-14 World CupTiszaújváros19
2011-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand FinalBeijing47
2011-10-15 World CupTongyeong20
2011-10-28 European Championships Eilat1

DNF = did not finish • DNS = did not start • DQ = disqualified