Biathlon European Championships 2015

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The 22nd Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from January 28 to February 3, 2015.

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

Schedule of events[]

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.[1]

Date Time Event
January 28 10:00 Junior Women's individual
13:30 Junior Men's individual
January 29 10:00 Women's individual
13:30 Men's individual
January 30 10:00 Junior Women's sprint
13:00 Junior Men's sprint
January 31 10:00 Women's sprint
13:00 Men's sprint
February 1 09:30 Junior Women's pursuit
10:45 Women's pursuit
13:00 Men's pursuit
14:15 Junior Men's pursuit
February 2 11:00 Junior Mixed relay
February 3 09:00 Women's relay
12:00 Men's relay

Results[]

Men's[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 20 km Individual
details
Alexey Volkov
 Russia
53.23.2
(0+0+0+2)
Serhiy Semenov
 Ukraine
54.28.8
(1+2+1+0)
Vladimir Iliev
 Bulgaria
54.54.4
(0+0+2+2)
Men's 10 km Sprint
details

 Russia
22.38.0
(0+0)
Lars Helge Birkeland
 Norway
22.52.5
(0+1)
Antonin Guigonnat
 France
23.15.8
(1+0)
Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
details

 Russia
33.21.0
(1+0+1+1)
Krasimir Anev
 Bulgaria
34.05.3
(1+1+0+1)
Anton Babikov
 Russia
34.11.7
(0+0+2+2)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
details
 Ukraine
Artem Tyshchenko
Serhiy Semenov
Artem Pryma
Dmytro Pidruchnyi
1:11:05.1
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
 Norway



Lars Helge Birkeland
1:12:02.0
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
 Belarus
Vladimir Chepelin


Yuryi Liadov
1:12:05.2
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+2)
  • Russian team (Alexey Volkov, Anton Babikov, , ) which finished first (1:10:50.9), later was disqualified because of an anti-doping rule violation by .[2][3] The medals were reallocated accordingly.[4]

Women's[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 15 km individual
details
Luminița Pișcoran
 Romania
51.15.7
(1+3+1+0)
Christina Rieder
 Austria
51:36.3
(1+0+1+1)
Ekaterina Yurlova
 Russia
52:03.2
(0+4+1+2)
Women's 7.5 km sprint
details
Coline Varcin
 France
20:26.4
(0+0)
Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak
 Poland
20:36.1
(0+1)
Ekaterina Shumilova
 Russia
20:36.5
(1+0)
Women's 10 km pursuit
details
Ekaterina Shumilova
 Russia
33.07.4
(0+0+2+0)
Iryna Varvynets
 Ukraine
33:39.3
(0+0+2+0)
Ekaterina Yurlova
 Russia
34:01.5
(0+1+1+1)
Women's 4 x 6 km relay
details
 Ukraine
Juliya Dzhyma
Natalya Burdyga
Valentina Semerenko
Iryna Varvynets
1:09:58.5
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (1+3)
(0+3) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
 Germany

Tina Bachmann
Maren Hammerschmidt
Karolin Horchler
1:10:17.1
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
 France
Anaïs Chevalier
Chloé Chevalier
Julia Simon
Coline Varcin
1:10:19.9
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)

Junior[]

Men's[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 10 km sprint France Fabien Claude Russia Eduard Latypov Russia
Men's 12.5 km pursuit Russia Eduard Latypov Estonia Rene Zahkna Russia
Men's 20 km individual France Estonia Rene Zahkna Ukraine Maksym Ivko

Women's[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 7.5 km sprint Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Austria Dunja Zdouc Russia Uliana Kaisheva
Women's 10 km pursuit Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Russia Uliana Kaisheva Austria Dunja Zdouc
Women's 15 km individual Russia Austria Dunja Zdouc Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok

Mixed[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 km relay Russia Russia
Uliana Kaisheva


France France



Fabien Claude
Ukraine Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Yuliya Zhuravok
Maksym Ivko
Anton Myhda

References[]

  1. ^ "IBU Open European Championships". IBU International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  2. ^ https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-renders-verdicts-on-two-russian-biathletes
  3. ^ https://www.eurosport.ru/biathlon/story_sto7343577.shtml
  4. ^ https://sport.ua/news/494507-foto-pidruchnomu-otdali-zolotuyu-medal-posle-diskvalifikatsii-rossii

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