Cornel Puchianu

Cornel Dumitru Puchianu (born 27 October 1989) is a Romanian biathlete and former cross-country skier.

Cornel Puchianu starts for CSS Predeal / CSAM Bucegi. First, he was active as a cross-country skiers. He made ​​his international debut at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007 in Jaca, where he was 49th on the 10-kilometer freestyle and 55th over 7.5 -kilometer classic. As of 2007, followed by other missions, first in FIS races, and later in the Balkans, the Alps and the Slavic Cup. Several times he reached the top ten results. At the races of Junior Nordic World Championships 2009 in Le Praz -de- Lys Sommand Puchianu was 49th on the 10-kilometer freestyle, 51st in the pursuit race and 62nd in the classic sprint qualification. He played his last race in cross-country skiing in 2010. Thereafter, he joined the sport of biathlon. In the military World Ski Championships 2010 in Brusson and Cogne he started already in the cross-country skiing and biathlon and was 39 over 15 -kilometer freestyle and ninth with Vasile Sneaga, Ştefan Gavrilă and Cristian Marian Mosoiu in military patrol race.

Since the beginning of the 2012/13 season he regularly comes in biathlon used. In Idre he reached in his first race, two sprints, which ranks 77 and 88 In Beitostølen he reached rank 66 in a sprint his best result so far in the race series. A little later he competed in Hochfilzen also his first race at the Biathlon World Cup and was on the side of Remus Faur, Ştefan Gavrilă and Roland Gerbacea 25 with the Romanian season. His first single race in the World Cup denied Puchianu in the Biathlon World Championships 2013 in Nové Město na Moravě, where he was the 76th and 75th of Single Page sprints. In the mixed relay race, he was with Réka Ferencz, Luminiţa Pişcoran and Ştefan Gavrilă also he was 21, in the relay race of men with Faur, Gavrilă and Gerbacea 19 Both times cage rotor and the squadrons were lapped.

In his previous career highlight, the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, he was able to achieve his best finish in the world: 30th place in the sprint.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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