Personal information | |
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Full name | Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva |
Nickname(s) | Dasha |
Born |
3 August 1986 (age 30) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Spouse(s) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (m. 2016) |
Website | daryadomracheva.by |
Professional information | |
Sport | Biathlon |
Club | Dynamo Minsk |
Olympic Games | |
Teams | 2 (2010, 2014) |
Medals | 4 (3 gold) |
World Championships | |
Teams | 8 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
Medals | 6 (2 gold) |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 9 |
Individual victories | 28 |
Individual podiums | 70 |
Overall titles | 1 |
Discipline titles | 5 |
Medal record
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Dárya Vladímirovna Dómracheva (Belarusian: Дар’я Уладзіміраўна Домрачава; Darja Uładzimiraŭna Domračava, Russian: Да́рья Влади́мировна До́мрачева; born 3 August 1986) is a Belarusian biathlete who has been competing in the Biathlon World Cup since 2006. She won three gold medals in the pursuit, individual, and mass start competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal in the individual competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics. She was a Biathlon World Cup overall winner for the 2014–15 season.
Domracheva started her sports career with cross-country skiing in 1992 but switched to biathlon in 1999. She originally represented Russia at youth level but received an offer to switch to Belarus in 2004. She joined Belarus’ national biathlon team in 2006 (made her junior team debut in 2005). Domracheva 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.)
Domracheva took 3rd place in the pursuit and 4th place in the individual events at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Presque Isle, Maine. In 2007, she picked up two silver medals in sprint and pursuit at the Junior World Championships in Martell, Italy.
Her 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, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 15-kilometer 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.