Iryna Petrenko,

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Iryna Varvynets (Ukrainian: Ірина Варвинець; born 4 July 1992, in Mokhnatyn,

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) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is World Championships medalist. She participated at

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Career

Her first international competition was 2009 Junior World Championships in Canmore,

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. Her best achievement was just 27th in sprint. Next year she also competed only at junior-level competitions. For the first time, she participated in

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race in season 2010-11. She was 16th and 17th in sprints in Beitostolen,

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. Later Varvynets had good results in Junior Worlds and Europeans, where she had 4 Top-10 finishes in 6 races and won a silver medal in relay. Next year she improved her performance and won four medals at Junior World and European championships. Two more relay medals came in season 2012-13. She also participated at 2013 Winter Universide in Italian

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, winning there silver and bronze medals. She debuted for the Ukrainian team at the World Cup on 16 January 2014, in the women's sprint in Antholz-Anterselva,

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, where she was 61st. Following that World Cup stage

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in Nové Město wasn't very successful. In 2014-15 season, she had some good results in IBU Cup, so she got a spot in the women's national team. She participated in the women's relay in Oberhof,

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. Varvynets was appointed as finisher. She made two additional shots and had good chances to win a medal, but due to her low speed, Ukraine finished just 6th. Nevertheless, she had good personal results, regularly finishing in the points zone and once having a Top-10 finish. So she was included in the team roster for 2015 World championships in Kontiolahti,

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. On 17 January 2016, she had her first relay victory in

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. Later that year, Iryna participated at 2016 World Championships in

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, where her best finish was 9th in individual race. Since then, she has been a permanent member of the Ukrainian national team. Varvynets won a silver medal in

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at 2017 World Championships in Austrian

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. But she participated only in one personal race - individual - placing 20th. She qualified to represent

at the

. She was 73rd in sprint and competed in both relays.

Performances

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Relay podiums

Rankings

IBU Cup

Individual podiums

Relay podiums

References

External links

Biathlon.com.uaIBU Datacenter
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