Irina Kalentieva
Call me Ira
She may only measure 1.54m (5’1”) in height, but she likes to compensate for this in a unique way, by using the top step of a podium to help her! Irina “Ira” Kalentieva is head and shoulders above her competitors. A World Champion, she has been with the Topeak Ergon Racing Team for several years and many successes. Take 2009: Silver medalist at the European Championships and World Champion is not a bad score sheet.
Travelling around with the World Cup, and the success of the Olympics all serve to enrich her outlook and will to win. It makes her special, and yet approachable. Known as one of the most open and natural characters on the circuit you are more likely to be greeted with a charming giggle than ignored. On the bike when racing though, it is all very serious – but after the race, normally crowned with a podium finish, the winning smile, in every sense, is back.
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Portrait
- Nationality:
- Russian
- Nickname:
- Ira
- Date of Birth:
- 10.11.1977
- Place of birth:
- Cheboksary / Russia
- Place of residence:
- Aalen / Germany and Cheboksary / Russia
- Professional Qualifications:
- Sports teacher, currently studying sport
- Height:
- 154cm
- Weight:
- 46kg / 101lbs / 7 stone 3lbs
- Hobbies:
- Fishing, shopping, saunas, running and skating
- Homepage:
- http://www.irina-kalentieva.com
- eMail:
- ira@irina-kalentieva.com
- Hobbies:
- Fishing, shopping, saunas, running and skating
- Lucky Item:
- My Scorpio necklace
- Motto:
- Think positive
- What do you really like:
- Muddy races, riding quad bikes and saunas
- What do you dislike:
- Racing in hot weather
- Club:
- SG Rheinfelden
- Palmarès:
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2010
1st Place World Cup 2010 Dalby Forest, GB
1st Place Racer Bikes Cup 2010 Tesserete/ Lugano, CH
2009
World Champion XC 2009 Canberra, AU
Silver Medalist European Championships 2009 Zoetermeer, NL
2nd Place World Cup 2009 Pietermaritzburg, ZA
2nd Place World Cup 2009 Mont Saint-Anne, CA
2nd Place World Cup 2009 Bromont, CA
2008
1st Place World Cup 2008 Offenburg, DE
2nd Place World Cup 2008 Canberra, AU
Russian National Champion XC 2008, RU
Silver Medalist European Championships 2008, DE
Bronze Medalist World Championships 2008, IT
Olympic Bronze Medalist 2008 Beijing, CN
2007
World Champion XC 2007 Fort William, GB
Silver Medalist European Championships 2007, TR
1st Place World Cup 2007 St.-Félicien, CA
1st Place World Cup 2007 Mont Sainte-Anne, CA
1st Place World Cup 2007 Offenburg, DE
before 2007
Silver Medalist World Championships XC 2006
Silver Medalist World Championships Marathon 2004
1st Place World Cup 2004 Schladming, DE
Silver Medalist, European Championships 2003
3rd Place World Championships XC 2003 Lugano, IT
European Champion XC 2002 St. Wendel, DE
6 times Russian National Champion, RU
5 times German National Series Champion, DE (2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002)
Career highlights:
| World Champion XC 2009 Canberra, AU |
| Silver Medalist European Championships 2009 Zoetermeer, NL |
| Silver Medalist European Championships 2008, DE |
| Bronze Medalist World Championships 2008, IT |
| Olympic Bronze Medalist 2008 Beijing, CN |
| Russian National Champion XC 2008, RU |
| World Champion XC 2007 Fort William, GB |
| Silver Medalist European Championships 2007, TR |
| 7 times Russian National Champion, RU | 5 times German National Series Champion, DE |
