Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya ( uk, Андрій Васильович Дериземля; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. In 2008 together with Oksana Khvostenko he won World Team Challenge. Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career. In the 2014 parliamentary election Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes. Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014. On November 29th, 2014, Deryzemlya refused from his plot of land in

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

in favour of the family of perished in Donbass Ukrainian soldier.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

:''*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006 and the mixed relay in 2014.''

World Championships

''2 medals (2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and mass start was added in 1999 with the mixed relay being added in 2005.''

Individual victories

''1 victory (1 MS)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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, Biathlon World Championships and the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Deryzemlya, Andriy 1977 births Living people People from Sumy Oblast Dynamo sports society athletes Ukrainian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Ukraine Biathlon World Championships medalists Universiade medalists in biathlon Ukrainian sportsperson-politicians Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Competitors at the 2003 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2005 Winter Universiade