Andriy Deryzemlya

Andriy Deryzemlya

Deryzemlya at the World Championships in 2008.
Personal information
Full name	Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya
Born	(1977-08-18) 18 August 1977 Zhovtneve, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
World Cup debut	7 December 1996
Olympic Games
Teams	5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	17 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	18 (1996/97–2013/14)
Individual victories	1
All victories	1
Individual podiums	8
All podiums	13
Medal record Men's biathlon Representing Ukraine World Championships 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 7.5 km relay 2007 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint European Championships 2005 Novosibirsk 12.5 km pursuit 2003 Forni Avoltri 12.5 km pursuit 2002 Kontiolahti 20 km individual 2006 Langdorf 4 × 7.5 km relay 2005 Novosibirsk 10 km sprint 2005 Novosibirsk 4 × 7.5 km relay

Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya (Ukrainian: Андрiй Васильович Дериземля; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship.

Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career. In the 2014 parliamentary election Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes. Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014. On November 29th, 2014, Deryzemlya refused from his plot of land in Chernihiv in favour of the family of perished in Donbass Ukrainian soldier.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
1998 Nagano	—	45th	N/A	N/A	18th	N/A
2002 Salt Lake City	27th	38th	DNS	N/A	—	N/A
2006 Turin	39th	27th	31st	—	7th	N/A
2010 Vancouver	27th	5th	26th	26th	8th	N/A
2014 Sochi	46th	22nd	36th	—	9th	7th

*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006 and the mixed relay in 2014.

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Team	Relay	Mixed relay
1997 Brezno-Osrblie	—	77th	—	N/A	—	—	N/A
1998 Pokljuka	N/A	N/A	—	N/A	15th	N/A	N/A
1999 Kontiolahti	33rd	65th	—	—	N/A	11th	N/A
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen	30th	44th	49th	—	N/A	8th	N/A
2001 Pokljuka	61st	22nd	23rd	—	N/A	—	N/A
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen	N/A	N/A	N/A	30th	N/A	N/A	N/A
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk	54th	23rd	15th	—	N/A	10th	N/A
2004 Oberhof	77th	58th	DNS	—	N/A	—	N/A
2005 Hochfilzen	40th	11th	8th	6th	N/A	10th	7th
2006 Pokljuka	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9th
2007 Antholz-Anterselva	—	Bronze	26th	25th	N/A	8th	10th
2008 Östersund	9th	29th	36th	10th	N/A	10th	—
2009 Pyeongchang	8th	12th	7th	23rd	N/A	5th	11th
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6th
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	14th	10th	7th	13th	N/A	Bronze	—
2012 Ruhpolding	17th	42nd	22nd	19th	N/A	8th	14th
2013 Nové Město	17th	17th	30th	20th	N/A	14th	9th

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and mass start was added in 1999 with the mixed relay being added in 2005.

Individual victories

1 victory (1 MS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2002–03 1 victory (1 MS)	26 January 2003	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km mass start	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

External links

• Andriy Deryzemlya at the International Biathlon Union

Olympic Games
Preceded by Viktor Petrenko	Flagbearer for Ukraine Nagano 1998	Succeeded by Olena Petrova