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2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8
The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 will be held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 10 February until 12 February 2012. Schedule of events Medal winners Men Women Mixed Achievements ; Best performance for all time * , 2nd place in Sprint * , 22nd place in Sprint * , 23rd place in Sprint and 22nd in Pursuit * , 24th place in Sprint * , 49th place in Sprint * , 72nd place in Sprint * , 84th place in Sprint * , 85th place in Sprint * , 3rd place in Pursuit * , 17th place in Pursuit * , 44th place in Pursuit * , 19th place in Sprint * , 64th place in Sprint * , 79th place in Sprint * , 18th place in Pursuit * , 26th place in Pursuit ; First World Cup race * , 56th place in Sprint * , 73rd place in Sprint * , 44th place in Sprint References {{DEFAULTSORT:2011-12 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 8 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup, - World Cup 8, 2011-12 Biathlon World Cup 2012 in Finnish sport, Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 8, 2011-12 Kontiolahti Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 Biathlon World Cup
The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2011 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 18 March 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2011–12 season. World Cup podiums Men Women Men's team Women's team Mixed Relay Standings: Men Overall *Final standings after 26 races. Individual *Final standings after 3 races. Sprint *Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit *Final standings after 8 races. Mass start *Final standings after 5 races. Relay *Final standings after 4 races. Nation *Final standings after 20 races. Standings: Women Overall *Final standings after 26 races. Individual *Final standings after 3 races. Sprint *Final standings after 10 races. Pursuit *Final standings after 8 races. Mass start *Final standings after 5 race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Pidhrushna
Olena Bilosiuk (, née Olena Pidhrushna (; born 9 January 1987) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic and World champion and multiple medalist in different high-level competitions. Pidhrushna is considered one of Ukraine's most successful winter sports athletes. She lives in Ternopil. Career Her first international competition was 2005 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Monthey, Switzerland, where she won two bronze medals, and 2005 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland. Next season she missed internationally, but on 2 March 2007, she debuted in Biathlon World Cup by finishing 44th in sprint in Lahti, Finland. She was enrolled in the national team for all three last World Cup stages that season but didn't gain any points. She didn't get a quota in the national team in 2007–08 season. That time she spent competing at Biathlon European Championships and junior competitions. In 2008–09 season, she took part regularly in the relay team, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edin Hodzic
Edin is a male given name. In the Balkans, Edin is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. The name is either a modification of the name Eden, which means "delight," or a modification of the name Adin, which is derived from the Arabic word دين (din), meaning ''faith''. This region also has a female equivalent: Edina (for example, Edina Papo). Given name * Edin Ademović (born 1987), Bosnian footballer * Edin Cornelius Alfsen (1896–1966), Norwegian missionary * Edin Atić (born 1997), Bosnian footballer * Edin Bahtić (born 1956), Bosnian footballer * Edin Bašić (born 1979), Bosnian footballer * Edin Bavčić (born 1984), Bosnian basketball player * Edin Cocalić (botn 1987), Bosnian footballer * Edin Ćurić (born 1962), Bosnian footballer * Dino Merlin (Edin Dervishalidovic, born 1962), Bosnian singer-songwriter * Edin Džeko (born 1986), Bosnian footballer * Edin Ferizović (born 1977), Serbian footballer * Edin Forto (born 1972), Bosnian politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolis Zlatkauskas
Karolis Zlatkauskas (born 19 February 1985) is a Lithuanian biathlete. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In February 2014, Zlatkauskas admitted to doping after a test performed in December 2013 revealed traces of erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production ( erythropoiesis) in th .... References External links * 1985 births Living people Lithuanian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Lithuania Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Vilnius {{Lithuania-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliaksandr Babchyn
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Lesser
Erik Lesser (born 17 May 1988) is a German former biathlete. In 2010, he ran his first single World Cup Race. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won a silver medal at Men's individual. At the Biathlon World Championships 2013 he won a bronze medal with the German team in Men's relay. His grandfather Axel Lesser competed in cross-country skiing for East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Career Erik Lesser, grandson of Axel Lesser, lives in Zella-Mehlis and trained mainly in Oberhof. His coach is Mark Kirchner, before Peter Sendel. Lesser began cross-country skiing at the age of six and took up biathlon in 1999 at the age of eleven. A graduate of the Sports Gymnasium Oberhof, he started his competitive career with the club SV Eintracht Frankenhain. In 2008 he started in Ruhpolding at his first Junior World Championship, where he was seventh in the individual, 16th in the sprint, and eighth in the pursuit. A year later, he won in Canmore a bronze medal in the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Stebler
Christian Stebler (born 23 April 1981) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometre classical event at the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O .... References External links * 1981 births Living people Swiss male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Matiaško
Miroslav Matiaško (born 14 July 1982) is a former Slovak biathlete. Career Matiaško debuted in the Biathlon World Cup in the relay in Brezno-Osrblie on 20 December 2002, and his first individual race was on 18 January 2003 in the 10 km sprint event in Ruhpolding. As of January 2015, he has earned one World Cup podium, in the mixed relay event at Kontiolahti in the 2011–12 season. His best individual performance is a 6th-place finish in the individual at the 2010–11 Pokljuka event. His best overall finish in the World Cup was in 2010–11, placing 73rd. His best performance at a World Championships is 9th, in the 2008 relay. As an individual, his best performance is 32nd, in the 20 km individual in 2013. He also won a silver medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships, in the individual. He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Slovakia. As of January 2015, his best finish was 12th, as a member of the Slovak relay team in 2014 The year 2014 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Kazar
Matej is a given name that originates from the Slavic nations of Central and Eastern Europe. It is one of the most common male names in Slovakia and Slovenia, and is also common in Croatia. The name is originally derived from Matthias the Apostle. Matěj, with the ě diacritic, is a Czech given name. In Polish the equivalent is Maciej, and in English it is Matthias. Apoštol Matěj is Matthias the Apostle, while Matthew the Apostle is Matouš in Czech. The name Matej has its root in the Hebrew word Mattityahu and means God's gift. Matej Notable people with the name include: A-I * Matej Bagarić (born 1989), Croatian footballer * Matej Bene (born 1992), Slovak ice hockey player * Matej Beňuš (born 1987), Slovak slalom canoeist * Matej Bor (1913–1993), Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist and partisan * Matej Centrih (born 1988), Slovenian football player * Matej Černič (born 1978), Italian volleyball player * Matej Češík (born 1988), Slovak ice hockey pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasiya Kuzmina
Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina (, ; née Shipulina; born 28 August 1984) is a Russian-born Slovak biathlete. Career Kuzmina represented Slovakia from December 2008 and won the silver medal two months later in mass start at the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang. She won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a silver medal in the 10 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kuzmina's victory made her the second Slovak after Ondrej Nepela to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, and the first for independent Slovakia.Vancouver2010.com 13 February 2010 biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint results. – accessed 13 February 2010 She won another medal – bronze, at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
