Vladimir Iliev ( bg, Владимир Илиев; born 17 March 1987) is a Bulgarian

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Career

He competed in the

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for Bulgaria. His best performance was 16th, as part of the Bulgarian

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team. His best individual performance was 79th, in the individual and 83rd in the sprint.Sports-Reference Profile
/ref> Iliev participated competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics. His best performance was 15th, as part of the Bulgarian

team. His best individual performance was 38th, in the individual and 59rd in the sprint and 54th in the pursuit. He competed at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

and finished 54th in the sprint, 46th in the pursuit, 19th in the individual and was part of the lapped

. As of February 2018, his best performance at the Biathlon World Championships, is 6th in the pursuit in 2015, his best

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finish is 5th, in the sprint at

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in 2016/17, while his best overall finish in the

is 25th, in 2014/15. On 13 March 2019, Iliev won silver in the 20km individual at the 2019 Biathlon World Championships in

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, Sweden – Bulgaria's best ever individual result in men's biathlon.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

''0 medals'' :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''1 medal (1 silver)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.'' :''***The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.''

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* * 1987 births Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Bulgarian male biathletes Living people Olympic biathletes of Bulgaria People from Troyan Universiade medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Universiade bronze medalists for Bulgaria Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-biathlon-bio-stub