Andrei Makoveev

Andrei Alexandrovich Makowejew (Russian: Андрей Александрович Маковеев, born October 16, 1982 in Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast ) is a Russian biathlete.

Andrei Makowejew began his international career at the Junior World Championships in 2002 in Ridnaun. Best finish was a fifth place in the relay. Things went better at the European Championships in the same year in Kontiolahti. Here he won gold in the sprint ahead of Michael Rösch and with the squadron, who was also Maxim Chudov. At the European Championships a year later in Forni Avoltri was added a bronze medal in the relay.

Since 2005 Makowejew starts in the European Cup. After he was in his second race in Garmisch -Partenkirchen Sprint Third, you put him in the World Cup for the first time a. In Antholz, he was 46th in the sprint. Shortly thereafter, he was reinstated in the European Cup and then at the European Championships in Novosibirsk, where he achieved good results but had no medals. After he then was second in the European Cup in Windischgarsten again in the sprint and third in the persecution, he moved again to the World Cup team. In Kontiolahti he won as a 23 in the sprint and 17th in the pursuit of first World Cup points. At season's end at Holmenkollen in Oslo, he reached his first top- 10 ranking with a tenth place in the sprint. In the 2006/07 season he was often used in a strong Russian World Cup team. However, he was able to place in the points rarely. All the more surprising was his third place in the sprint at the World Cup finals in Khanty-Mansiysk. On the fifth World Cup weekend of the season 2011/2012 Andrei Makowejew celebrated his first World Cup victory. After error-free shooting, he finished in 1st place in Nove Mesto individual race.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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