Elena Allen
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| Birth name | Elena Little | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 July 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union |
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| Spouse(s) | Malcolm Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Skeet shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Now coaching | Malcolm Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008: 14th 2012: 14th |
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Elena Allen (née Little; born 12 July 1972) is a British sports 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.
Elena Little was born in Moscow, Russia—then in the Soviet Union—on 12 July 1972. 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. She married fellow shooter Malcolm Allen. She attended the University of Bradford, where she earned a degree in modern languages.
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. Allen shot for England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal in the Women's skeet shooting competition. Competing for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she placed in 14th position overall. She won two bronze medals at World Cup events in Dorset, England, and in Italy in 2010.
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