Darya Domracheva
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| Full name | Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 3, 1986 Minsk, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2006– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on March 18, 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva (Belarusian: Дар’я Уладзіміраўна Домрачава, Russian: Да́рья Влади́мировна До́мрачева; born 3 August 1986 in Minsk) is a Belarusian biathlete who has been competing in the Biathlon World Cup since 2005.
Darya Domracheva started her sports career with cross-country skiing in 1992 but switched to biathlon in 1999. She joined Belarus’ national biathlon team in 2006 (made her junior team debut in 2005). Darya won sprint and pursuit at the 2005 IBU Youth and Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti (Finland). She finished 40th in the individual race (the diopter fell off, and she missed 5 targets at the third shooting stage.)
Darya Domracheva took the 3rd place in the pursuit and the 4th place in the individual at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Presque Isle (USA).
In 2007 she picked up two silver medals in sprint and pursuit at the Junior World Championships in Vall Martello (Italy).[1]
Her definite breakthrough came during the 2008/2009 season when she earned two third places and one second place.
At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, she won the Bronze medal in the Women's 15 Kilometre Individual race, at the Whistler Olympic Park venue. Later in the same season, on 13 March, she won her first World Cup race in the sprint in Kontiolahti, Finland. The next day she also won the pursuit.
World Cups
Darya Domracheva won the Pursuit World cup 2011-2012 and won the Mass Start World cup 2011-2012. In the Total World cup 2011-2012 she ended as number 2 with 1188 points against Magdalena Neuner's 1216 points.
In the season 2010-2011 Darya Domracheva won the Mass Start World cup.[2]
Position in the Total World cup:
- Season 2011-2012, number 2
- Season 2010-2011, number 6
- Season 2009-2010, number 6
- Season 2008-2009, number 7
- Season 2007-2008, number 26
- Season 2006-2007, number 22[3]
Personal life
Darya was born in Minsk, now the capital of Belarus. When she was four her parents moved to Nyagan. It is a little town near Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia. Her parents are architects, at that time they were young people who wanted to build cities in Siberia. She says: "You have to imagine: Nyagan is just one year older than me."
She started skiing when she was six. Nyagan was at its infancy then and there were few choices. She chose to do sports. The town has grown and developed in the meantime, there are more cultural events, it is no longer a problem to pass the time. She says: "When I was living there, we did not have anything of that." In cross-country ski races she was competing with boys, as she had no rivals among girls.
Sport was a way to let off steam for her. She said: "I‘ve always been excited about sports. When I saw skis, my eyes began to sparkle, just as other children‘s eyes did when seeing toys. I had a lot of energy as a child and I had to let it out. I was hard to contain."The biathlon school was opened in Nyagan in 1999. She went there and started with biathlon.
She concentrated a lot on studying in school. Only at university did she get into competitive sports. At university in Tyumen she was studying Sports Management, from 2002 until 2003.
Then her family moved back to Minsk. In Minsk they did not have a faculty of Sports Management, so she had to change to studying Tourism Management. In 2009 she was writing her diploma thesis on the subject: Advertising in the tourism industry.[4]
Darya Domracheva is often called "Dasha" by her competitors, news media and the IBU news center.[5]
Movie by Darya Domracheva
Darya Domracheva used a video camera to document herself, her team mates and athletes from other countries from 2008 until after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The 500 hours of material was edited into a 50 minutes movie and it can be downloaded freely for private use. The movie gives a unique insight into the life of world class athletes during the whole year, from the few weeks of relaxation and rest in the spring, through the hard training during the summer and the fall, to the competition season between December and March. The movie shows athletes from many countries, living together, traveling together and competing together. Director of photography: Darya Domracheva, Maxim Subbotin, size 1 GB. At http://www.2b.by/film/en/ in two versions, in Russian, with and without English subtitles.[6]
See also
- Belarus at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Biathlon_World_Championships_2012
- Biathlon_World_Championships_2011
- Biathlon_World_Championships_2008
References
- ^ http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/sport/darya_domracheva Official Website of the Republic of Belarus
- ^ http://services.biathlonresults.com/Cups.aspx IBU official result page
- ^ http://services.biathlonresults.com/Cups.aspx IBU official result page
- ^ IBU Interview
- ^ http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1612 Dasha Dashes to Victory, News from IBU
- ^ http://www.2b.by/film/en/ Movie official web page
External links
- Personal website
- Profile on IBU site
- International Biathlon Union, news and statistics.
- Current standings, women's World Cup total score.
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