Yuliia Valentynivna Dzhyma (; born 19 September 1990) is a Ukrainian

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level

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. She is

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in women's relay, multiple

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medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian biathletes of the 2010s.

Career

She took up biathlon in

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, where she lives. She wasn't seen as a promising rising athlete at the beginning of her sporting career. She didn't show promising results in skiing, so trainers were doubtful whether she would be a good biathlete. In January 2008, she competed in her first international competition, Junior World Championships in German

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. For the next three years, she was a member of the Ukrainian junior team. Dzhyma had good results, including bronze in the individual race at 2009 Junior European Championships. On 4 January 2012, she debuted in German Oberhof in the women's relay with a team which later would win Olympic gold. Then they finished 8th. In two days, she had her first race in sprint, finishing 34th. Next season,

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, she had one victory and two podiums in relay races. In 2013–14 season, she had her first podium in pursuit in Austrian

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, finishing second. At the 2013 World Championships, she took silver in relay competition. Stamp of Ukraine s1368

Together with

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and Olena Bilosiuk she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the

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, in

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. The following two seasons after the Olympics weren't very successful, but she had some Top-10 results. Her performances improved in 2016–17 season: in all World Cup rankings, she achieved her highest rankings, including a place in the Top-10 of the general World Cup classification for the first time in her career. That year, she won three medals at 2017 European Championships in Polish

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, which was the most successful

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for Yuliia. Next month, she received her second silver relay World Championships medal. Pre-Olympic 2017–18 season started very successfully for her since in two opening races in Swedish

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, she finished third. On 28 December 2017, she participated in the prestigious commercial competition World Team Challenge, where she placed 5th together with Belgian biathlete

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. She qualified to represent

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at the

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. Due to illness she didn't take part in sprint. Besides, Ukrainian coaches thought she would qualify for mass start. Still, they were incompetent regarding rules regarding mass start qualification, so Yuliia participated only in the individual race, where she was 20th. In relay competitions she was 7th in mixed relay and 11th in the classical relay. She received the Best Athlete of a Month award from

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in January 2017.

Personal life

Yuliia's father is a former Ukrainian biathlete, Valentyn Dzhyma, who participated in the

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and finished his career the following year. Her mother is also an athlete. Since childhood, her hobby has been painting. Dzhyma studied foreign languages and social communications at Sumy State University. After

, there were some rumors that Yuliia Dzyma was dating the head coach of the Ukrainian women's national team

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Biathlon results

Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 gold)''

World Championships

''5 medals (2 silver, 3 bronze)''

World Cup

Individual podiums

Relay podiums

Positions

Individual victories

:''*Results are from IBU races which include the

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and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzhima, Yuliia 1990 births Living people Ukrainian female biathletes Sportspeople from Kyiv Biathlon World Championships medalists Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Ukraine Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in biathlon Sumy State University alumni 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen