Andriy Deryzemlya

Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya (Ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Дериземля; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. In 2008 together with Oksana Khvostenko he won World Team Challenge.

Andriy Deryzemlya
Deryzemlya at the World Championships in 2008.
Personal information
Full nameAndriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya
Born (1977-08-18) 18 August 1977
Zhovtneve, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut7 December 1996
Olympic Games
Teams5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams17 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 (1996/97–2013/14)
Individual victories1
All victories1
Individual podiums8 (1 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze)
All podiums13 (1 gold, 3 silver, 9 bronze)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
2007 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 7.5 km relay
European Championships
2002 Kontiolahti 20 km individual
2003 Forni Avoltri12.5 km pursuit
2005 Novosibirsk12.5 km pursuit
2005 Novosibirsk 10 km sprint
2005 Novosibirsk 4 × 7.5 km relay
2006 Langdorf 4 × 7.5 km relay
Winter Universiade
2003 Tarvisio10 km sprint
2003 Tarvisio15 km mass start
2005 Innsbruck12.5 km pursuit
2005 InnsbruckRelay
2003 Tarvisio12.5 km pursuit

Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career. In the 2014 parliamentary election Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes. Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014. On November 29, 2014, Deryzemlya refused from his plot of land in Chernihiv in favour of the family of perished in Donbass Ukrainian soldier.

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