Career
She represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004. She tested positive for the use of EPO in the Tour Féminin en Limousin 2006. In June 2007 she was suspended for two years by the French doping association.
Later the UCI adopted this suspension, however due to miscommunications Bubnenkova continued to race in 2007.
At the end of 2007 the UCI disqualified Bubnenkova in all races she started between June and September 2007.