Victor Pînzaru

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Victor Pînzaru
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Victor Pînzaru at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Personal information
NationalityMoldova
BornFebruary 11, 1992 (1992-02-11) (age 33)
Drochia
Height187 cm (74 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
Sport Biathlon
Cross-country skiing

Victor Pinzaru (born February 11, 1992) is a Moldovan athlete who competes in biathlon and cross-country skiing. He represented Moldova at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. He also served as the flag-bearer for Moldova during the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympic Games.

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Early life

Victor Pinzaru was born on 11 February 1992 at Drochia in Drochia district. [1] He served as a warrant officer in the Moldovan Army. [2]

Career

Pinzaru started competing in international cross-country skiing events since 2009. [3] He started competing in the Biathlon World Cup season in 2009. [4] He took part in the cross-country sprint race in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 at Liberec in Czech Republic, in which he finished 84th amongst the 135 participants. [5] Pinzaru was named to the Moldovan team for the 2010 Winter Olympics held at Vancouver. [6] [7] He served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening and closing ceremonies. [8] He finished 70th in the sprint event and 85th in the individual event in biathlon. [9] [10]

In 2011, Pinzaru took part in the cross-country sprint race in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Oslo in Norway, in which he finished 88th amongst the 122 participants. [11] He achieved his first top ten finish at the Balkan cup freestyle skiing event held in Romania in February 2012. [12] In the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme, he took part in both sprint and freestyle events in cross-country skiing. [3]

Pinzaru was named to the Moldovan team for the 2014 Winter Olympics held at Sochi. [13] [14] For the second consecutive Winter Games, he was Moldova's flag bearer during the opening and closing ceremonies. [15] [16] In the men's sprint event, he finished 77th in the qualification rounds and failed to advance to the next round. [17] In 2015, he took part in his last FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Falun in Sweden in both the sprint and freestyle events. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Victor Pinzaru". Olympedia . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "WO Victor Pinzaru Fails to Qualify for Next Competition at Sochi Olympic Games". Moldovan Army . 11 February 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Victor Pinzaru". International Ski and Snowboard Federation . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Victor Pinzaru". International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009". International Ski and Snowboard Federation . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Victor Pinzaru". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "Victor Pinzaru". Olympics.com . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Flag bearers at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Olympedia . Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  9. ↑ "Biathlon, men's sprint, 2010 Winter Olympics". Olympedia . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Biathlon, men's individual, 2010 Winter Olympics". Olympedia . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011". International Ski and Snowboard Federation . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "Balkan Cup 2012". International Ski and Snowboard Federation . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Moldovan athletes depart for Sochi Winter Olympics". Xinhua . Bucharest, Romania. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Four athletes to represent Moldova at 2014 Winter Olympics". 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee . 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Cross country skiing, men's sprint, 2014 Winter Olympics". Olympedia . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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