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{{MedalSport|Women's [[biathlon]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]] | [[Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's individual|15 km individual]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Biathlon at the 2011 Asian Winter Games – Women's individual|15 km individual]]}}
{{MedalGold |2011 Astana-Almaty|[[Biathlon at the 2011 Asian Winter Games – Women's relay|4×6 km relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 Asian Winter Games|2007 Changchun]]|[[Biathlon at the 2007 Asian Winter Games|4×6 km relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Astana-Almaty|[[Biathlon at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|7.5 km sprint]]}}
{{MedalBronze |2007 Changchun|10 km pursuit}}
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'''Elena Vladimirovna Khrustaleva''' ({{lang-ru|Елена Владимировна Хрусталёва}}) (born September 28, 1980, [[Krasnoyarsk]]) is a former [[Russia]]n and [[Belarus]]ian, now [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] [[biathlete]].  She won a silver medal at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://olympicsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/02/pretty-good-day-for-womens-biathlon-hist.html 
 |title=Pretty good day for women's biathlon, historically speaking 
 |author=Jean-Jacques Taylor 
 |publisher=The Dallas Morning News Co 
 |date=2010-02-18 
 |deadurl=yes 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222052015/http://olympicsblog.dallasnews.com:80/archives/2010/02/pretty-good-day-for-womens-biathlon-hist.html 
 |archivedate=2010-02-22 
 |df= 
}}</ref> This was Kazakhstan's 6th medal at the [[Winter Olympic Games]] and 45th overall Olympic medal.

==Career==

Khrustaleva made her international debut at the Junior European Championships in 2000 at [[Zakopane]]. She won gold in singles and with the Russian squadron.  Shortly afterwards, at the Junior World Championships, in [[Hochfilzen]], she won a silver in the pursuit behind [[Sabrina Buchholz]].  After the season, she was ranked fourth in singles and sprint. At the Junior World Championships, in [[Khanty-Mansiysk]], a summer biathlon, she won silver behind [[Tatiana Moiseyeva]].

The following season, Khrustaleva changed her citizenship with Belarus. At the [[Biathlon World Cup]], in [[Hochfilzen]], she achieved 36th place in the sprint. Halfway through the season, just before the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], Khrustaleva achieved her best World Cup rankings. In the individual and the squadron, Khrustaleva achieved seventh and sixth. At the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], Khrustaleva managed 33rd place in the sprint and a 30th place in the pursuit.

For the 2003/04 season, she again changed her citizenship back with Russia.  At the European Championships in 2003, in [[Forni Avoltri]], Khrustaleva won gold in singles.  With the Russian squadron, in 2005, in [[Novosibirsk]], she won gold in the relay.

For the 2006/07 season, she changed her citizenship with Kazakhstan. At the World Championships in 2007, a summer biathlon in [[Otepää]], she won silver medals in the sprint and mass start behind [[Natalya Sokolova (biathlete)|Natalya Sokolova]].  In the individual competition of the [[Biathlon World Championships 2009|World Cup 2009]], Khrustaleva achieved sixth place. At the [[2010 Winter Olympics]], she managed 5th place in the sprint and 2nd place in the singles.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/athletes/elena-khrustaleva_ath1000568fT.html Elena Khrustaleva's profile], from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-18.
* [http://services.biathlonresults.com/athletes.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS22809198001 Elena Khrustaleva's profile], from the International Biathlon Union; retrieved 2010-02-19.

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