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Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Vastseliina, Estonia | 1 February 1968
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Sport | Biathlon |
Hillar Zahkna (born 1 February 1968) is a retired Estonian biathlete. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics. [1] His son is biathlete Rene Zahkna.
Myriam Bédard, is a Canadian retired biathlete. She represented Canada at two Winter Olympics winning gold medals, and a bronze medal. As of 2022, Bédard is the only Canadian biathlete, male or female, ever to win an Olympic medal, and the only North American biathlete ever to win Olympic gold.
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. In these games, biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events.
Halvard Hanevold was a Norwegian biathlete.
Kyrgyzstan competed in the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Kyrgyzstan competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Biathlete Aleksandr Tropnikov was the only competitor for the Asian nation at these Olympics.
Guam sent a four-member delegation to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. This is, as of 2022, Guam's only appearance in the Winter Olympic Games. The Guam delegation included only one athlete biathlete, Judd Bankert, who became Guam's first Olympic athlete. In his only event, the sprint, Bankert finished in 71st out of 72 competitors.
Jens Steinigen is a former East German and German biathlete.
Annette Sikveland is a former Norwegian biathlete. During her career as biathlete Sikveland won three relay medals, bronze at the World Championships 1995 in Antholz, silver at the World Championships 1997 in Brezno-Osrblie and bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Her best individual olympic placing is 8th from the 15 km at the same Olympics. She retired as biathlete after that Olympics. She lives today in the German town of Schmalkalden. For a period, she lived together with the German biathlete Sven Fischer.
Dmitry Vladimirovich Vasilyev is a former Russian biathlete. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Vasilyev won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team, which consisted of himself, Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna and Sergei Bulygin. He received another relay gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Marie Dorin Habert is a retired French biathlete.
Michael Dixon, is a Scottish cross-country skier and biathlete. He has represented Great Britain at six Olympic Games in cross-country skiing and biathlon. He is only the seventh athlete from any country to have competed at six Winter Games and is one of fewer than fifty athletes to have competed in at least six Olympic Games.
Nadezhda Valeryevna Skardino is a retired Belarusian biathlete. She represented Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. She won a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics In the 2017–2018 season Skardino won the Individual World Cup.
Vita Semerenko is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian winter athletes.
The 21st Biathlon European Championships were held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic from January 29 to February 4, 2014.
Rene Zahkna is an Estonian biathlete. Zahkna won two medals at the 2015 European Championships and two medals at the 2014 European Championships, two medals at the 2013 Junior World Championships and two medals at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. He debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on March 13, 2014 in Kontiolahti, Finland, finishing 68th. He earned his first World cup points on January 13, 2016 in Ruhpolding, Germany, with a 34th position finish.
Eva Háková is a Czech biathlete. She competed at the 1994, 1998 and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Jürgen Wirth is a German former biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1988 Winter Olympics, representing East Germany.
Aleksey Kobelev is a Russian biathlete. He competed in the men's sprint event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Regina Ermits is an Estonian biathlete. She competes in the Biathlon World Cup.
Tagne Tähe is a retired Estonian biathlete.