 Lesiuk in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Born | 21 August 1996 Tekucha , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Sport | Biathlon |
Taras Lesiuk (born 21 August 1996) is a Ukrainian biathlete. [1] He has been irregularly competing in the World Cup since 2019.
Taras Lesiuk competed in his first international competition in December 2013 at the age of 17, participating in an IBU Cup sprint in Obertilliach. After that, he didn't appear again until 2015, when he started racing at the junior level. In early 2017, Lesiuk stood on the podium for the first time in the IBU Junior Cup with the relay team. Later that year, he won silver in the relay and the pursuit race at the Junior events of the Summer Biathlon World Championships, marking his only victory at the junior level. From the 2017/18 season onwards, Lesiuk consistently competed in the IBU Cup and quickly achieved results within the top 30. Two top-15 finishes in January 2019 earned him his debut in the World Cup at the overseas races in Canmore and Soldier Hollow. [2] In his first race, the sprint in Canmore, he immediately scored World Cup points by finishing 32nd. He also competed in the relay race the following day, finishing seventh despite a penalty loop.
Lesiuk achieved his first top-10 placements in the IBU Cup at the end of the 2019/20 season. The following winter, he reached the podium for the first time with the relay team at Arber and improved his individual result in Obertilliach to fifth place. [3] In the 2021/22 season, Lesiuk was initially part of the World Cup lineup again and achieved his first pursuit race at the highest level at the competitions in Le Grand-Bornand. [4] Additionally, he finished sixth in the individual race at the European Championships 2022. At the beginning of the 2022/23 winter season, Lesiuk scored points in the individual, sprint, and pursuit races in Kontiolahti, each finishing exactly 40th three times in a row. His best season result in the World Cup was 29th place in the individual race in Ruhpolding, but he was reassigned to the IBU Cup for the European Championships, where he could achieve a tenth place in the sprint at the end of the winter. [5]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
0 medals
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2024 Nové Město | 72nd | 67th | — | — | — | — | — |
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Races | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2018–19 | 2/25 | 9 | 93rd | 9 | 61st | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 1/21 | Didn't earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 2/26 | ||||||||||
| 2021–22 | 5/22 | ||||||||||
| 2022–23 | 8/21 | 15 | 78th | 13 | 50th | 1 | 84th | 1 | 75th | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 11/21 | 8 | 80th | 8 | 56th | — | — | — | — | — | — |
0 medals
| Year | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mixed Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 2018 Ridnaun | 48th | — | — | — |
 2019 Minsk | DNS | 90th | — | — |
 2021 Duszniki Zdroj | 57th | 73rd | — | — |
 2022 Arber | 6th | 56th | 22nd | 8th |
 2023 Lenzerheide | 47th | 24th | 34th | — |
 2024 Brezno-Osrblie | 58th | 53rd | 39th | — |
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