Dmytro Pidruchnyi ( uk, Дмитро Підручний; born 5 November 1991) is a Ukrainian

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

. 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 ...

. In March 2022, Pidruchnyi joined the

Ukrainian National Guard The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal A ...

to fight during the

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Career

Pidruchnyi was born in village Ostriv near

Ternopil Ternópil ( uk, Тернопіль, Ternopil' ; pl, Tarnopol; yi, טאַרנאָפּל, Tarnopl, or ; he, טארנופול (טַרְנוֹפּוֹל), Tarnopol; german: Tarnopol) is a city in the west of Ukraine. Administratively, Ternopi ...

. Dmytro's first international competition was 2010 Junior World Championships in Swedish

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. He didn't have much success then. He also wasn't very successful next season. But at 2012 Junior Worlds in

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he finally showed good results which allowed him to start in

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and debut in

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. On 13 December 2012, he was with 6 misses just 98th in

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. Nevertheless he competed some more sprints that season. His performances improved in 2013–14 season. In

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Dmytro had surprising 6th place in sprint. Since then Pidruchnyi is on a regular basis in national team. He participated 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 ...

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. He was just 55th in individual race and 9th in men's relay. On 6 February 2015, Pidruchnyi had his first team podium in mixed relay in Nové Město. That year he debuted at

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. Up to date his best World Cup finish is 4th in mass start in

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where he lost bronze to Norway's

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. He qualified to represent

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at the

. In

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he was 21st in sprint, 34th in pursuit, 7th in mixed relay and 9th in relay. He won pursuit at World Championships 2019 in

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :

World Championships

''1 medal (1 gold)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

World Cup

Relay podiums

Rankings

Notes

References

External links

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Biathlon.com.uaIBU Datacenter
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