Irina Abysova
Introduction '''Irina Alekseyevna Abysova''' (, born 7 November 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian open water swimmer and professional triathlete. In 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2010 she won the Russian Triathlon Championships and she took part in the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing and the 2012 Games in London. She is the winner of the 2013 ITU Aquathlon World Championship.
Sports career Abysova started her career at the age of six when she was admitted to the aquatic section of the Olympic Village (Олимпийская деревня) in Moscow. At 13 years old she entered the sports school called Pioneer Palace (Дворец пионеров) and two years later she joined the МССУОР, a vocational school for Olympic athletes (Московское среднее специальное училище олимпийского резерва, or Московское специальное спортивное училище олимпийского резерва).In 1999 Abysova, with the title “Master of Sports” (мастер спорта), went on to the РГАФК, the Sports University of Moscow (now РГУФКСиТ). In 2001 Abysova won the open water or long distance swimming silver medal (10 km) in Fukuoka. In 2002, however, she felt that her career as a swimmer might be coming to an end and turned to triathlon, winning the Russian Triathlon Championship in the subsequent year. In 2003 Abysova joined the sports club ''Ozërki'' (СК Озёрки) and concluded her university studies.In 2005, one year after having become a mother, she won the Russian Winter Triathlon Championships and was also active in the elite section of the German club ''TUS Griesheim''. At the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 Abysova had a bad bicycle accident during the event and was unable to finish.In 2009 the French triathlon club ''TOC Cesson Sevigne'' mentioned her among its international stars but Abysova did not take part in the French Club Championship Series ''Lyonnaise des Eaux''. In 2011, Abysova opened the new season in Cyprus, where the Russian triathletes had their training camp. At the ''Volkswagen Aldiana Triathlon'' (27 March 2011) she placed first on the Olympic Distance.In 2012, she took part in the women's triathlon at the Olympic games, finishing in 13th place.=== ITU competitions ===In the eight years from 2003 to 2010, Irina Abysova took part in 51 ITU competitions and achieved 16 top ten positions. Unless indicated otherwise the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.Results list Date Competition Place Rank 2003-09-20 European Cup  Zagreb 13 2003-10-22 European Cup  Alanya 7 2005-07-16 Premium European Cup  Holten3 2005-08-20 European Championships  Lausanne11 2005-10-26 Premium European Cup  Alanya4 2006-03-10 World Cup  Aqaba7 2006-06-04 World Cup  Madrid16 2006-06-24 European Championships  Autun18 2006-08-13 World Cup  Tiszaújváros14 2006-09-03 World Championships  Lausanne32 2006-09-10  World Cup  Hamburg27 2006-09-24 World Cup  BeijingDNF 2006-11-05 World Cup  Cancun24 2007-03-25 World Cup  MooloolabaDNF 2007-05-06 World Cup  Lisbon21 2007-05-13 World Cup  Richards Bay13 2007-06-03 World Cup  MadridDNF 2007-06-30 European Championships  CopenhagenDNS 2007-07-07 Premium European Cup  Holten4 2007-07-29 World Cup  Salford17 2007-08-11 World Cup  TiszaújvárosDNF 2007-09-01 World Championships  Hamburg 32 2007-09-15 World Cup  Beijing35 2007-10-07 World Cup  Rhodes11 2007-11-04 World Cup  Cancun21 2008-04-13 World Cup  Ishigaki9 2008-04-26 World Cup  Tongyeong7 2008-05-10 European Championships  Lisbon10 2008-06-08 World Championships  Vancouver26 2008-07-06 World Cup  HamburgDNF 2008-07-13 World Cup  TiszaújvárosDNF 2008-07-20 World Cup  Kitzbühel15 2008-08-18 Olympic Games  Beijing	DNF 2008-09-13 European Cup  Vienna5 2009-04-05 European Cup  Quarteira13 2009-05-02World Championship Series  Tongyeong 25 2009-07-05  European Championships  Holten8 2009-07-25World Championship Series  Hamburg 9 2009-08-09 World Cup  Tiszaújváros2 2009-08-15World Championship Series  London 34 2009-09-13World Championship Series, Grand Final  Gold Coast 25 2010-04-18 European Cup  Antalya 3 2010-05-08World Championship Series  Seoul 39 2010-06-05World Championship Series  Madrid 17 2010-07-03 European Championships  Athlone 21 2010-07-17World Championship Series  Hamburg 37 2010-07-24World Championship Series  London 29 2010-08-08 World Cup  Tiszaújváros 10 2010-08-29 Premium European Cup  Almere 4 2010-09-08World Championship Series, Grand Final  Budapest 50 2010-11-13 Premium European Cup  Eilat 2 2011-04-09World Championship Series  Sydney 38 2011-06-04World Championship Series  Madrid 28 2011-06-18World Championship Series  Kitzbuhel 31 2011-06-24 European Championships  Pontevedra 11 2011-07-31 Premium European Cup  Banyoles 2 2011-08-06World Championship Series  London 25 2011-08-14 World Cup  Tiszaújváros 3 2012 Olympic Games  London 13DNF = Did not finish
Personal In 2003 Abysova married the Russian triathlete and 2008 Olympian Igor Sysoyev. In 2004, Abysova had a daughter.
Gallery File:Irina Abysova Tiszaujvaros2011 3.jpg|Irina Abysova checking out in Tiszaújváros, 2011.File:Irina Abysova Tiszaujvaros2011 4.jpg|Irina Abysova with her bronze medal in Tiszaújváros, 2011.File:Irina Abysova Kitzbuhel2011.jpg|Irina Abysova at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbuhel, 2011.File:Irabysova1.jpg|Irina Abysova on her way to the silver medal in Tiszaújváros, 2009.File:Irabysova2.jpg|Irina Abysova with her World Cup silver medal in Tiszaújváros, 2009.
References
External links *  Profile at the Russian Triathlon Confederation *