Ekaterina Viktorovna Yurlova-Percht (russian: Екатери́на Ви́кторовна Ю́рлова-Перхт, born 23 February 1985) is a Russian

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. She debuted at the World Cup in 2008. In 2015, she won

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at 15 km individual distance, which was her first victory at the World Cup. On 17 October 2015, Yurlova married Josef Percht, masseur of the Austrian biathlon team. Since then she is known as Yurlova-Percht. On 13 November 2016, she gave birth to Kira.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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World Championships

''2 medals (1 gold, 1 silver)'' :''*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

Individual victories

''2 victories (1 In, 1 Pu)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian female biathletes Biathlon World Championships medalists 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub