Andrejs Rastorgujevs

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Andrejs Rastorgujevs
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Rastorgujevs in 2023
Personal information
Born (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36)
Alūksne, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
World Cup debut5 December 2009
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams12
Medals1
World Cup
Seasons12 (2009/10–)
Individual podiums2
All podiums3
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Nové Město 15 km mass start
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Nové Město 20 km individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Ridnaun 10 km sprint
Disqualified 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój 20 km individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Raubichi 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nové Město 10 km sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój 12.5 km pursuit
Updated on 20 March 2023

Andrejs Rastorgujevs (born 27 May 1988) is a Latvian biathlete. He has participated in three Winter Olympics, and has two individual and one relay Biathlon World Cup podium.

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Career

Andrejs Rastorgujevs is a biathlete from Latvia. In the first event of 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund he participated in 10 km sprint, where he finished 47th, but later on he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane. [1] 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup was the breakthrough season for Rastorgujevs, finishing the season 36th overall. Next year he finished the season 16th overall, while earning four Top 6 finishes.

After finishing fourth four times during his career, during the last race of 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup he finally won his first podium, finishing second at the 15 km mass start in Oslo.

Rastorgujevs took part also at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 50th at the sprint and 58th at the pursuit.

Rastorgujevs served an 18 month competition ban from March 2021 to September 2022 for an anti-doping rule violation in relation to whereabouts failures. [2] [3] All of his results were disqualified from 1 July 2020 including his gold medal in the 20km sprint at the 2021 IBU Open European Championships. Rastorgujevs appealed the decision, but this was rejected in August 2022. [4]

On 5 March 2023 Rastorgujevs and Baiba Bendika placed third, in the BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě, in the Single Mixed Relays and earned a first-ever Relay podium for Latvia.

On 18 February 2024 Rastorgujevs won a silver medal in the 15-kilometer mass start at the Biathlon World Championships 2024 in Nove Mesto, winning his biggest success in his career and also in the history of Latvian biathlon.

Career results

Olympics

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 50th58th19th
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 33rd17th9th14th
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 59th24th12th28th

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Russia.svg 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 43rd66th14th
Flag of Germany.svg 2012 Ruhpolding 68th83rdLPD
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2013 Nové Město 50th65thLPD
Flag of Finland.svg 2015 Kontiolahti 48th42nd25thLPD
Flag of Norway.svg 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 59th20th27th26thLPD
Flag of Austria.svg 2017 Hochfilzen 56th57th37th22ndLPD
Flag of Sweden.svg 2019 Östersund 13th14th6th25thLPD10th
Flag of Italy.svg 2020 Rasen-Antholz 22nd70thLPD17th
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2021 Pokljuka 15th10th
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 56th7th9th5th18th19th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město 4th12th19thSilver16th8th

World Cup

SeasonIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartOverall
PointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2009–10
2010–11 4056th680th4671st
2011–12 1452nd1181st874th3376th
2012–13 4324th8542nd8834th1345th22936th
2013–14 2334th13821st19111th937th44516th
2014–15 1944th18619th9327th7226th37027th
2015–16 16119th15118th8224th39420th
2016–17 3827th16016th17119th7626th44521st
2017–18 606th2245th13419th6328th48113th
2018–19 4621st13922nd12224th8821st39520th
2019–20 4823rd10026th5131st2733rd22629th
2022–23 5622nd13619th7330th8419th34922nd
*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking. [5]

European Championships

EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
2007 Bansko, Bulgaria 32nd8th16th
2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic 28th30th31st
2009 Ufa, Russia 8th
2010 Otepää, Estonia 15th49th
2011 Ridanna, Italy 4th8th7th
2012 Osrblie, Slovakia 27th5th5th
2013 Bansko, Bulgaria 4thDNS
2014 Nové Město, Czech Republic GoldBronze
2015 Otepää, Estonia DNF10th10th
2017 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland 20th4thBronze
2018 Ridnaun, Italy Gold
2019 Raubichi, Belarus 24th8th5th
2020 Raubichi, Belarus 9thSilver10th
2021 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland Disqualified22nd
2023 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 33rd4th4th
2024 Osrblie, Slovakia 9th4th13th

At the 2021 European Championships, Rastorgujevs was placed 1st in the 20km individual sprint and received the gold medal, but his result was later disqualified.

World Cup record

Finish in the Top 6

SeasonPositionEventCompetition
2016–17 2nd Flag of Norway.svg Oslo 15 km mass start
2017–18 2nd Flag of Finland.svg Kontiolahti 10 km sprint
2022–23 3rd Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nove Mesto 13,5 km single mixed relay
2012–13 4th Flag of Russia.svg Sochi 20 km individual
2013–14 4th Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof 12.5 km pursuit
2013–14 4th Flag of Norway.svg Oslo 10 km sprint
2014–15 4th Flag of Russia.svg Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km sprint
2017–18 4th Flag of Russia.svg Tyumen 10 km sprint
2022–23 4th Flag of Norway.svg Oslo 10 km sprint
2014–15 5th Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding 10 km sprint
2015–16 5th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canmore 15 km mass start
2022–23 5th Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen 10 km sprint
2013–14 6th Flag of Finland.svg Kontiolahti 12.5 km pursuit
2014–15 6th Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof 10 km sprint
2014–15 6th Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof 15 km mass start
2016–17 6th Flag of Sweden.svg Östersund 20 km individual
2016–17 6th Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nove Mesto 10 km sprint

Shooting

Shooting 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2020–21 2022–23
Prone position56%82%84%TBD91%80%92%87%76%81%86%
Standing position62%73%81%TBD76%76%72%69%78%77%72%
Total59%78%82%TBD83%78%82%78%77%79%79%

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References

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