Dias Keneshev

Dias Erikulowitsch Keneschew ( Kazakh Cyrillic Диас Ерикулович Кенешев; born March 31, 1985 in Urdschar in East Kazakhstan region ) is a Kazakh biathlete.

Dias Keneschew was initially successful as a national cross-country skiers. He attended in Urdschar youth sports school of Olympic reserve, then he moved to a sports boarding in Ridder. He won the title at the ostkasachischen championships and was medalist Kazakhstan's Championships in the long run. The athlete began a sports studies at the Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism in Almaty and has since operated both summer as well as winter biathlon. In the summer biathlon he is active mainly in the style cross-country running. In his first World Championships in 2007 in Otepaeae he reached no particular success. Best result was a 21 in the Sprint, in pursuit, he retired from lapped. A year later he won in Haute Maurienne in Cross Country silver in the sprint behind Alexei Katrenko and bronze behind Katrenko and Sergey Balandin in pursuit. Less successful were his operations in the roller ski competitions, where he gained placements to rank 30

In winter biathlon Keneschew debuted in 2007 Biathlon European Cup. In Geilo he was in his first sprint race 63 In his next two races he improved each one rank. The highlight of the season was the Biathlon World Championships in Östersund. The Kazakh competed in three competitions. In the individual he was 87, in the 85th and Sprint with the Kazakh season, which included also Alexander Chervyakov beside him, Alexander and Sergei Schessler Naumik, 22 In the following year he was employed at the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Pyeongchang. In the sprint he ran at number 75, with the season he was ranked 20th, his greatest international success was achieved by the Kazakh with the 33rd place in the individual. It was also the best result in the World Cup and the first result in the World Cup points. Dias Keneschew took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. At the opening ceremony he was standard bearer of the Kazakh Olympic Team. His best results were the 72nd place in the individual and in the sprint. With the season he was ranked 18th

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).