Biathlon European Championships 2010

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The 17th Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from March 2 to March 7, 2010.

There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.

Schedule of events[]

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.

Results[]

U26[]

Men's[]

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Daniel Böhm	Alexey Volkov	Ronny Hafsås
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Alexey Volkov	Erik Lesser
Men's 20 km individual			Alexey Volkov
Men's 4*7.5 km relay	Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm	Russia Alexey Volkov Dmitry Malyshko Vladimir Semakov	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix

Women's[]

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Valentina Semerenko	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Vita Semerenko
Women's 10 km pursuit	Vita Semerenko	Kathrin Hitzer	Ekaterina Shumilova
Women's 15 km individual	Kathrin Hitzer	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Franziska Hildebrand
Women's 4*6 km relay	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer	Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valentina Semerenko Vita Semerenko	Russia Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova

4 x 6 km Relay[]

The women's relay competition was held on March 4, 2010.

Place	Country	Team	Time	Penalties
1	Germany	Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer	1:15:15.4	0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0
2	Ukraine	Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Vita Semerenko	+20.4	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 0+2 0+1 - 0+0
3	Russia	Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova	+26.4	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+3 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3
4	Norway	Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Synnøve Solemdal	+4:04.6	0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3
5	Estonia	Kadri Lehtla Sirli Hanni Eveli Saue	+5:38.3	0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+3 - 2+3 0+2 - 0+3
6	Sweden	Jenny Jonsson Ingela Andersson Elin Mattsson	+5:53.9	0+0 - 0+1 0+3 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0
7	Poland	Monika Hojnisz	+6:20.7	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+2 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+3
8	Belarus		+6:57.4	1+3 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+1
9	United States	Annelies Cook Laura Spector Susan Dunklee	+7:54.1	0+2 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+3 0+0 - 1+3 0+3 - 0+1
10	Czech Republic	Jitka Landová	+7:47.2	0+3 - 0+3 0+2 - 0+2 0+3 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3
11	Finland	Mari Laukkanen Laura Toivanen	+10:07.6	0+1 - 3+3 0+1 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+3 0+0 - 2+3

U21[]

Men's[]

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint
Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Men's 20 km individual

Women's[]

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Tiril Eckhoff		Synnøve Solemdal
Women's 10 km pursuit	Synnøve Solemdal		Tiril Eckhoff
Women's 15 km individual	Monika Hojnisz	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen	Tiril Eckhoff

Mixed[]

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Mixed 2*6+2*7.5 km relay	France Sophie Boilley	Russia	Romania Réka Ferencz

Medal table[]

No.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	2	2	9
2	Russia	3	7	3	13
3	Ukraine	3	3	1	7
4	Norway	2	1	4	7
5	France	1	0	2	3
6	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Lithuania	0	2	0	2
8	Belarus	0	0	2	2
9	Romania	0	0	1	1

References[]

External links[]

• IBU full results