Artem Pryma ( uk, Артем Прима, born 30 May 1987,

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 ...

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) is a

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level

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. He participated at

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and

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

Career

Pryma began competing internationally in 2006 but only participated in junior competitions. He debuted at

on 14 January 2010, in German

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, where he was 41st in the sprint. Then he started in relay together with his brother

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but Roman screwed it up and had a penalty loop. The team finished 12th in that race. His first World Cup points he earned next year. At 2011 World Championships he was 25th in individual race. At

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, he won four medals, including two gold. Together with Serhiy Semenov and

Vita Semerenko Vita Semerenko ( uk, Віта Олександрівна Семеренко; born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the ...

, they were the most successful biathletes at those competitions. He is also 2011 European champion in individual race. In the next season, he also won some more European medals. At

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in Russian

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, his best result was just 32nd in sprint. He qualified to represent

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at the

. In

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he was 46th in individual, 40th in sprint and 38th in pursuit. He also participated in two relays being 7th in mixed relay and 9th in classical relay. On 10 March 2018, Artem achieved his first World Cup podium. He was second in the mixed relay in

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Personal life

Roman Pryma, a former biathlete and current coach, is Artem's elder brother.

Career results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Relay podiums

Rankings

IBU Cup

Individual podiums

Relay podiums

References

Profile on biathlon.com.ua

Profile in IBU Database
1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Chernihiv Ukrainian male biathletes Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Ukraine Winter World University Games medalists in biathlon FISU World University Games gold medalists for Ukraine FISU World University Games silver medalists for Ukraine Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-biathlon-bio-stub