Iana Bondar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Iana Bondar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fursy, Bila Tserkva Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine | 19 February 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 2012-2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on February 9, 2013. |
Iana Bondar (born 19 February 1991) is a Ukrainian former biathlete.
Level | Year | Event | IN | SP | PU | MS | RL | MRL |
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EBCH | 2012 | Osrblie, Slovakia | 27 | 41 | 28 | |||
JBWCH | 2012 | Kontiolahti, Finland | 23 | 15 | 22 | 3 | ||
BWCH | 2013 | Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic | 63 | |||||
EBCH | 2013 | Bansko, Bulgaria | 28 | 16 | ||||
WU | 2013 | Trentino, Italy | 17 [1] | 8 [2] | 2 [3] | |||
EBCH | 2014 | Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic | 18 [4] | 3 [5] | 13 [6] | 6 [7] |
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