Biathlon European Championships 2012

The 19th Biathlon European Championships were held in Osrblie, Slovakia from January 25 to February 2, 2012.

There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.

Schedule of events

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The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.

Date	Time	Event
January 27	10:00	U21 Men's 10 km sprint
	13:00	U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint
January 28	10:00	U26 Men's 10 km sprint
	13:00	U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint
January 29	10:00	U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	11:00	U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	13:00	U26 Women's 10 km pursuit
	14:00	U21 Women's 10 km pursuit
January 30	13:00	U21 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 km Mixed relay
January 31	10:00	U26 Women's 15 km individual
	13:00	U26 Men's 20 km individual
February 1	10:00	U21 Women's 15 km individual
	13:00	U21 Men's 20 km individual
February 2	10:00	U26 Women's 4 x 6 km relay
	13:00	U26 Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Results

U26

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Alexey Volkov	Artem Pryma	Sergey Klyachin
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Alexey Volkov	Serhiy Semenov	Daniel Böhm
Men's 20 km individual	Daniel Böhm	Artem Pryma	Erik Lesser
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay	Germany Daniel Böhm Matthias Bischl Johannes Kühn Erik Lesser	Norway Jan Olav Gjermundshaug Martin Eng Dag Erik Kokkin Henrik L'Abée-Lund	Russia Nikolay Yakoshov Sergey Klyachin Oleksander Zhyrnyi Alexey Volkov

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Olena Pidhrushna	Valentina Semerenko	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak
Women's 10 km pursuit	Olena Pidhrushna	Valentina Semerenko	Anastasia Zagoruiko
Women's 15 km individual	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Carolin Hennecke	Juliane Döll
Women's 4 x 6 km relay	Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Valentina Semerenko Vita Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Russia Anastasia Zagoruiko Aleksandra Alikina Evgenia Seledtsova Ekaterina Shumilova	Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Nadine Horchler Carolin Hennecke Juliane Döll

U21

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexandr Loginov	Maxim Tsvetkov
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Men's 20 km individual	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Niya Dimitrova	Iryna Varvynets	Elisa Gasparin
Women's 10 km pursuit	Iryna Varvynets	Elisa Gasparin	Niya Dimitrova
Women's 15 km individual	Marion Rønning Huber	Olga Galich	Nicole Gontier

Mixed

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Mixed 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 km relay	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Marion Rønning Huber Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Russia Olga Galich Elena Badanina Maxim Tsvetkov Alexandr Loginov	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Iryna Varvynets Ivan Moravskyy Oleksandr Dakhno

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	5	4	3	12
2	Ukraine (UKR)	4	6	1	11
3	Norway (NOR)	3	3	2	8
4	Germany (GER)	2	1	4	7
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	1	2
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		15	15	14	44

External links

• Results
• IBU full results
• Snowy Osrblie Preparing for IBU OECH
• IBU Open European Championships Opens in Osrblie
• Christiansen Wins Junior Men’s Sprint
• Gold for Bulgaria
• Pidhrushna Wins Women’s Sprint
• Russians Victorious in Men’s Pursuits
• Anti-Doping Seminar at IBU OECH
• Gold for Zagoruiko
• German Day at OECH
• Gold for Norway’s Huber in Osrblie
• Russia’s Loginov Tops Norwegian Duo
• Germany and Ukraine Win Relays