Oleksandra Kononova: a para-biathlete

Powered by Allianz: Global ParaSport Allianz Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/Global.ParaSport Oleksandra Kononova won the Best Games Debut at the Paralympic Sport Awards 2011. At the young age of 19, Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova put on a stellar performance at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, winning gold medals in the 12.5km Standing Biathlon and 5km and Sprint Classic Cross-Country Skiing events. After a very promising season so far, she is one of the most prominent hopefuls of the Ukrainian biathlon team at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. To see our other videos go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxooPBhwsKc&list=PL7849488D35847E8E All videos are available royalty-free via: http://sponsoring.allianz.com/en/paralympics/videos/ Allianz has been a Partner of the Paralympic Movement since 2006 and in 2011 became the first "International Partner" of the IPC which includes local partnerships with various National Paralympic Committees.