Inna Nikolayevna Dyubanok (; born 20 February 1990) is a Russian

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, currently playing with

Belye Medveditsy Belye Medveditsy Chelyabinsk () are an ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). They play in Chelyabinsk, Russia at the Yunost Sport Palace. The team has previously been known as Metelitsa Chelyabinsk, Nika Chelyabinsk, Kazak-Ur ...

of the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League or ZhHL (), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey league in Russia, currently comprising eight teams. The league is also known as the PariMatch Women's Hockey League for sponso ...

(ZhHL).

International career

Dyubanok was selected for the Russia national women's ice hockey team in the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

. She played in all five games, recording one assist.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2010 Olympics
/ref> Dyubanok has also appeared for Russia at five

IIHF Women's World Championship The IIHF Women's World Championship is the premier international women's tournament in ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The official world competition was first held in 1990, with four more champions ...

s, Her first appearance came in

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. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 15th IIHF World Women's Championships, world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tourn ...

.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2013 World Championship
In December 2017, she and seven other Russian hockey players were sanctioned for doping and their results from the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

were disqualified as part of the

Oswald Commission The Oswald Commission was a disciplinary commission of the International Olympic Committee ("IOC"), chaired by IOC member Denis Oswald. It was responsible for investigating and ruling on doping violations by individual Russian athletes at the 20 ...

. All of the sanctioned players appealed the decision and the disqualifications were annulled for five of them; however, sanctions were upheld for Dyubanok,

Galina Skiba Galina Yuryevna Skiba (; born 9 May 1984) is a Russian ice hockey forward. She most recently played with HC Tornado in the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). International career Skiba was selected for the Russian women's ...

, and

Anna Shibanova Anna Sergeyevna Shibanova (; born 10 November 1994) is a Russian ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman and member of the Russia women's national ice hockey team, Russian national team, currently serving as an alternate captain of HC Agidel Ufa, Agid ...

. She also competed in one junior tournament for the

Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. The Russia women's national U18 team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. After th ...

, playing in the inaugural event in

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International career

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