Albina Akhatova

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Medal record
Albina Akhatova
Competitor for Russia
Women's biathlon
Olympic Winter Games
Gold	2006 Turin	4×6 km relay
Bronze	2006 Turin	10 km pursuit
Bronze	2006 Turin	15 km individual
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	4×7.5 km relay
Silver	1998 Nagano	4×7.5 km relay
World Championships
Gold	2003 Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km mass start
Gold	2003 Khanty-Mansiysk	4×6 km relay
Gold	2000 Oslo	4×7.5 km relay
Silver	2008 Östersund	7.5 km sprint
Silver	2004 Oberhof	15 km individual
Silver	2004 Oberhof	4×6 km relay
Silver	1999 Kontiolahti	4×7.5 km relay
Bronze	2008 Östersund	10 km pursuit
Bronze	1999 Oslo	15 km individual

Albina Khamitovna Akhatova (Russian: Альбина Хамитовна Ахатова; born November 13, 1976 in Vologda Oblast) is a Russian biathlete.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won bronze medals in the 10 km pursuit and 15 km individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate Olga Pyleva was disqualified after failing a doping test. She also won gold, silver, and bronze medals in Olympic relay competitions in 2006, 1998, and 2002, respectively.

Akhatova also won the gold medals in the mass start at the 2003 World Championship held in Khanty-Mansiysk. In 1999 in Oslo, she won the bronze medal, and in 2004 in Oberhof, Germany, she won the silver medal, both over the distance of 15 km. She also was part of Russia's winning relay teams at the 2000 and 2003 World Championships.

After a break in the 2006/07 season, she returned in January 2008. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, she won the silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and the bronze medal in the subsequent 10 km pursuit.