 Fomin in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maksim Fomin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 2000 Visaginas, Lithuania [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | VSRC/SK Favoritas [2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maksim Fomin (born 12 October 2000) is a Lithuanian biathlete who competed in the Biathlon World Cup [3] [4] and won the summer super-sprint world junior championship in 2022. [5]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2023 Oberhof | 98th | 95th | — | — | 16th | — | — |
 2024 Nové Město na Moravě | 65th | 79th | — | — | 20th | 17th | — |
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