Evgeniy Garanichev

Evgeniy Garanichev
Garanichev with Vladimir Putin in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Garanichev
Born (1988-02-13) 13 February 1988
Novoilyinsky, Perm Krai,
RSFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut 20 January 2011
Olympic Games
Teams 1 (2014)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 4 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 7 (2010/11–)
All races 142
Individual victories 1
All victories 7
Individual podiums 14
All podiums 19
Updated on 17 December 2016.

Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Garanichev (Russian: Евгений Александрович Гараничев; born 13 February 1988) is a Russian biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2010–11 season. He has had five Top 10 finishes in World Cup races in individual races. He got his first win in individual races on 3 February 2012.[1]

Career

Early career

He started career as a cross country skier. But in his native village — Novoilyinskiy — was not opportunities for cross-country skiing and he moved to biathlon in 2008.

2011 Winter Universiade

Evgeniy participated in 2011 Winter Universiade and got 3 medals.

2010–11 World Cup Season

His debut was in Antholz, Italy. It was his only event.

2011–12 World Cup Season

He started his second season in Östersund, Sweden with 10 place in individual and 63 in sprint. In Hochfilzen, Austria he was 30 and 32 in sprint and pursuit. After this he was out from World Cup team. He won sprint and pursuit in IBU Cup in Obertilliach. In Oberhof relay was only his race and he scored first podium – 2 place. In Nové Město, Czech Republic he returned to World Cup with his best individual result in career – 7 place in pursuit. In Antholz, Italy he scored his first individual World Cup podium – 2 in sprint. In Oslo, Norway he scored his first win (sprint) and finished 3rd in Pursuit and Mass start. He entered to Oslo's events at 25 place in World Cup Standings and jumped up to 15 place after Mass start. At the Biathlon World Championships 2012 he competed in sprint, pursuit, mass start and relay. His best finish was 9th place at mass start and 6th at relay. In sprint and pursuit he was 14 and 12. At the overall standings he was at 12th position with 585 points after 20 races from 26. He collected 1 win, 1 2nd place and 2 3rd place finishes in personal races and once he was 2nd at relay.

2012–13 World Cup Season

2012–13 World Cup season was first full-schedule season for Evgeniy. His first race was individual race in Östersund, Sweden. He finished at 19th place. The same result he did in sprint and his first finish in Top10 was in pursuit – 9th place. In Hochfilzen, Austria's sprint he demonstrated worst result since 2011–12 Östersund, Sweden's sprint(63rd) – he was 45th, but on the next day he gained 32 places and finished 13th. In Pokljuka, Slovenia he showed his best results of the season to the date in sprint – 14th place and pursuit – 4th place. In Oberhof he scored 3 podiums in 3 races: he has run 2nd leg in relay, which Russia win. After this he was twice at 2nd place in sprint and pursuit, right behind his teammate Dmitry Malyshko. He entered at the WC 4 at 8th place and after sprint and pursuit he jumped up to 5th place.

Results

Olympics

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2014 Sochi Bronze 27th 15th 5th   4th

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding   12th 14th 9th 6th  
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město   19th 28th 25th 4th  
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 35th 6th 22nd 11th 4th  
Norway 2016 Oslo 8th 6th 11th 23rd 6th 7th

Winter Universiade

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Mixed Relay
Turkey 2011 Erzurum, Turkey   Bronze Bronze   Silver

Biathlon World Cup

Overall record
Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay Total
Individual events Team events All events
1st place11112
2nd place211314
3rd place1122
Podiums3212628
Top 101364514519
Points311106530535
Starts313106532537

Statistics as of 11 February 2012.

Season Standings
Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position Races Points Position
2010–110/40 1/102867th0/70 1/51752nd2/264572nd
2011–122/34913th8/1022412th6/817613th4/513610th20/2658512th
2012–131/32219th6/101636th5/81953rd2/56411th13/264336th
*Key:Races—number of entered races/all races; Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.[2]

References

  1. "Russia's Evgeniy Garanichev, Germany's Magdalena Neuner win biathlon World Cup races in Oslo". The Washington Post. February 2, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "IBU profile". IBU Datacenter. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
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