Vladimir Semakov (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Семаков, ua, Володимир Сергійович Сємаков, born 11 May 1985,

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) is a Russian (until 2014) and

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(since 2014)

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of the

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level. He participated at

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Career

Being in

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n team Semakov participated only at one Junior World (in

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in Presque Isle,

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) and two

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(in

he had his best career results competing as junior and winning three gold medals; in

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he won silver in men's relay and was 6th in individual race). In 2009-10 season he had some good results at Russian Cup so he was invited to participate at

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. On 2 December 2010, he debuted in

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in Swedish

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where he was 61st in individual race which was the worst result in Russian team in that race. After that he didn't participate in any other World Cup race as Russian athlete. His last race for Russia was on 17 December 2011, in IBU Cup in Austrian

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where he was 33rd in pursuit. In summer 2014 Semakov together with

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changed their citizenship to

. On 8 January 2015, he redebuted in World Cup in relay in

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. He was second and unfortunately got a penalty loop but team managed to finish 5th. His first personal race for Ukraine he had next day when he finished just 79th in sprint. He participated in some more competitions that season but he didn't won any World Cup points. Three next seasons were more successful for him: he won some World Cup points and often ran in relay competitions. Up to date, his best World Cup result is 12th in sprint in

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in 2017-18 season. At 2017 World Championships he was 73rd in sprint and 6th in men's relay. Semakov qualified to represent

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at the

. He was 31st in individual and 78th in sprint.

Results

Winter Olympics

World Championships

World Cup

Rankings

IBU Cup

Individual podiums

Relay podiums

References

External links

Profile on biathlon.com.ua

Profile in IBU Database

Profile in BiathlonRusBase
1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Izhevsk Ukrainian male biathletes Russian male biathletes Russian emigrants to Ukraine Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Ukraine {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub