Valeri Viktorovich Kiriyenko (russian: Валерий Викторович Кириенко) (born 13 February 1965 in

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

) is a Russian

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 ...

, who won two silver medals at the Winter Olympics, and three silver medals at the World Championships.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

Olympic Games

''2 medal (2 silver)''

World Championships

''3 medals (3 silver)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Individual victories

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

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 Biathlon World Cup, 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 Biathlon World Cup, 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons ...

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...

and the

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...

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External links

sports-reference.com
1965 births Living people Soviet male biathletes Russian male biathletes Olympic biathletes of the Unified Team Olympic biathletes of Russia Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic silver medalists for Russia People from Murmansk Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Murmansk Oblast {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub