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 3 (2012, 2013, 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 5 (2010/11–)
Individual victories 1
All victories 5
Individual podiums 12
All podiums 19

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      

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  

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 place 1 1 1 1 2
2nd place 2 1 1 3 1 4
3rd place 1 1 2 2
Podiums 3 2 1 2 6 2 8
Top 10 1 3 6 4 5 14 5 19
Points 3 11 10 6 5 30 5 35
Starts 3 13 10 6 5 32 5 37

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
2010–11 0/4 0   1/10 28 67th 0/7 0   1/5 17 52nd 2/26 45 72nd
2011–12 2/3 49 13th 8/10 224 12th 6/8 176 13th 4/5 136 10th 20/26 585 12th
2012–13 1/3 22 19th 6/10 163 6th 5/8 195 3rd 2/5 64 11th 13/26 433 6th
*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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