Alina Kovaleva

Alina Kovaleva
Curler
Born (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993
Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Team
Curling club Adamant CC,
Saint Petersburg, RUS
Skip Anna Sidorova
Third Margarita Fomina
Second Alexandra Raeva
Lead Nkeiruka Ezekh
Alternate Alina Kovaleva
Career
World Championship
appearances		 2 (2016, 2017)
European Championship
appearances		 2 (2015, 2017)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Russia
World Curling Championship
2017 Beijing
2016 Swift Current
European Curling Championship
2015 Esbjerg
World Junior Curling Championships
2013 Sochi
2014 Flims
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
2011 St. Paul
External image
Alina Kovaleva. Foto from the site "Curling in Russia"

Alina Romanovna Kovaleva (Russian: Алина Романовна Ковалёва; born 18 February 1993) is a Russian curler. Her major achievement to date was winning the 2015 European Curling Championships as alternate. Kovaleva is Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2016).[1]

Career

Kovaleva practiced curling in the school years in her home town Slantsy.[2] She then moved to St. Petersburg to the Sports School of Olympic Reserve, No. 2. Already after three years of curling she and her coach Alexey Tselousov in 2011 became national champions and silver medalists of the world double mixed championships. Since then she is active in mixed tournaments.

From 2013 to 2014, she was a member of the national junior team, winning the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi and the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships in Flims.

Kovaleva plays for Adamant in St. Petersburg as skip. As a member of the club she won the 2013 Russian Cup, and became silver medalist of the 2015 Russian Women's Championships, losing in the final to Moskva 1, 4:7.

In November 2015, the Russian debuted as a member of the national team at the 2015 European Curling Championships in Esbjerg, replacing Ekaterina Galkina who made a break from curling.[3] The Russians won the tournament; for Kovaleva it was the first gold medal in the European Championships.

Awards

  • Gratitude by the Sports Minister of the Russian Federation (4 December 2015) – for the successful appearance as a member of the national curling team at the European Curling Championships in Esbjerg (Denmark).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Приказ от 28 июня 2016 г. № 80 нг «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России"»" (PDF) (in Russian). Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. 28 June 2016. p. 5. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Ковалева: основная цель — попасть в состав женской сборной России.
  3. ↑ Кёрлингистка Галкина решила сделать передышку после тяжелого сезона.
  4. ↑ Виталий Мутко встретился с женской сборной командой России по керлингу.
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