Iryna Taranenko-Terelya
{{Short description|Ukrainian cross-country skier (born 1966)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's cross-country skiing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Ramsau|15 km combined pursuit}}
{{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Zakopane|Relay}}
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Iryna Leonidivna Taranenko-Terelya ({{langx|uk|Ірина Леонідівна Тараненко-Тереля}}, born March 31, 1966) is a former Ukrainian cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau. She was the first woman to represent Ukraine at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=26 June 2020}}
Taranenko's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 4th twice at Nagano in 1998 (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 15 km). She also earned seven individual career victories from 1996 to 2000.
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External links
- {{FIS cross-country skier|61040}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220070803/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/iryna-taranenko-terelia-1.html Iryna Taranenko-Terelia at Sports-reference.com]
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Category:Ukrainian female cross-country skiers
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for Ukraine
Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Kharkiv Oblast
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