[1] Alena came to rugby from track and field while having silver and bronze medals of 2012 Russia Championship in relay (400+300+200+100 and 800+400+200+100 respectively).

[2] She declined the invitation to rugby union from Yenisey-STM manager in 2011, but two years later, in March 2013 after graduating from sports school she moved to Krasnoyarsk and began training.

[3] She graduated from Siberian Federal University and won silver medal of III Russian Summer Youth Spartakiade.

[3] She is a five-time European Grand Prix winner: in 2014 she played all matches without substitutions and won her first gold medal.

On 12 October 2019, Alena married Ilya Tiron, RC Moscow Torpedo and Russia national team video analyst player.