Elena Allen

Elena Allen
Personal information
Birth nameElena Bogdanova
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom and Russia
Born (1972-07-12) 12 July 1972 (age 52)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Spouse(1) Chris Little (2) Malcolm Allen
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportSkeet shooting
Now coachingMalcolm Allen
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2008: 13th
2012: 13th
2016: 13th
Medal record
Women's Shooting
Representing  Great Britain
ISSF World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Granada Team Skeet
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lima Team Skeet
Silver medal – second place 2014 Granada Skeet
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lima Skeet
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lahti Skeet
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne Skeet Pairs
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Skeet
Updated on 4 June 2016

Elena Allen (née Bogdanova; born 12 July 1972) is a British sport shooter. She represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games in 2014, winning the silver medal, having previously won bronze for England at the 2006 Games. She competed for Team GB at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and has been chosen once more to compete at the 2016 Games.

Early life

Elena Bogdanova was born in Moscow, Russia—then in the Soviet Union—on 12 July 1972.[1] Her mother was Tatiana Bogdanova, who competed for the Soviet Union in shooting at European and World Championships, but did not compete at the Olympics. Elena has two sisters, Natasha and Maria, who are also shooters. She competed in the Soviet junior championships at the age of 18, placing third overall. In 1992, she moved to the United Kingdom where she married English international shooter Chris Little. She was later remarried to another fellow shooter Malcolm Allen.[1] She attended the University of Bradford, where she earned a degree in modern languages.[2]

Shooting career

Allen won the bronze medal at the 2002 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Finland. In 2005, she set a world record for shooting which stood for seven years. She also won the gold medal at the World Cup event in Belgrade, Serbia, and a silver medal at the European Shooting Championships.[2] Allen shot for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal in the Women's skeet shooting competition.[3] Competing for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she placed in 13th position overall.[4] She won two bronze medals at World Cup events in Dorset, England, and in Italy in 2010.[2]

In 2010 at the Commonwealth Championships held in New Delhi, she won Gold in the women's skeet event alongside her husband Malcolm Allen who also won Gold in the men's skeet event, the only time that a husband/wife had taken both titles.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the skeet event.[5] Following three qualifying rounds, she finished in 13th place. She felt that the pressure of the home crowd did not help, being unfamiliar with enthusiastic crowds. She hoped that the experience would help her in the pursuit of medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6] In the 2013 World Shotgun Championships in Lima, Peru she received a bronze medal in the individual skeet competition.[7]

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Allen took silver in the women's skeet.[8] She had switched her allegiance to the Welsh team after qualifying for them through residency.[3] At the World Championships during the same year, Allen placed second in the individual skeet event at the World Championships, being defeated to the gold medal by Brandy Drozd and a single target. This placing gave Great Britain a further place in the competition for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The combined scores of Allen 73, Amber Hill 72 and Sarah Gray 68 won the team the overall gold medal in the competition.[9]

Following that tournament, she was selected as part of the British team at the 2016 Olympics.[3] At the Rio Olympics, she finished in 13th position following a breakdown in equipment.

Allen has been a member of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) athletes committee since 2017 and has been chairperson of the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) athletes committee since 2016

Her training regime includes walking, running and hill climbing.[10]

Personal life

She was originally married to Chris Little before her subsequent marriage to Malcolm Allen, who also acts as her coach. She lives in Abercarn, Caerphilly, Wales.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Olympics: From Russia to Beijing for Wales hope Elena". Wales Online. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Olympic shooter Elena Allen aims for Commonwealth Games glory at Glasgow 2014". Wales Online. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Rio 2016 Olympics: Welsh shooter Elena Allen in GB team for Rio". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Olympics 2016: Shooter Elena Allen hopes for Rio improvement". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Elena Allen". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Shooter Elena Allen overwhelmed by London 2012 crowd". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Shotgun World Championships: GB's Elena Allen wins bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Glasgow 2014: Elena Allen wins skeet silver as Amber Hill denied". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  9. ^ McDaid, David (15 September 2014). "Shooting World Championships: Elena Allen takes gold and silver". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Team GB shooting: Aiming for gold at Rio". 4 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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