Nadezhda Skardino
Nadseja Skardsina (White Russian Надзея Скардзіна, Russian Надежда Валерьевна Скардино / Nadezhda Valerevna Skardino; born March 22, 1985 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR ) is a Belarusian biathlete.
Nadseja Skardsina is a physical education teacher and lives in Minsk and St. Petersburg. They will start for Dinamo Minsk, where she is coached by Nikolai Sakharov. It operates biathlon since 2005, since 2006 it belongs to the national team of Belarus. Skardsina made her international debut at the Junior European Championships 2005 in Novosibirsk, where a ninth place in the pursuit of their best result was. At the Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti in the same year was a 34th place in the single best result. The Third International Junior Championships, at the Skardsina participated in 2005, were the World Championships in the summer biathlon. In Muonio, she won the title in the mass start, was second in the sprint and pursuit and fourth in the relay.
The Junior World Championships 2006 in Presque Isle did not yield significant results, better ran the Junior European Championships of the year in Langsdorf. Here she was tenth in the sprint, sixth in pursuit, seventh in individual and team competition she came in fifth place. At the Junior World Championships in the summer biathlon in Ufa in 2006 she appeared on both the cross- class and on roller skis. Best result was winning the bronze medal in the relay in cross country, she was also in the class ninth in the sprint and sixth in the pursuit. Best result on roller skis was a 13th place in the sprint. In the Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Antholz Skardsina was first used at Biathlon World Championships at senior level. In individual they came to a good for them 40th position. Even better, it ran at the European Championships in Bansko, where Skardsina won gold in the relay and was the sixth single.
In the season 2005/ 06 Skardsina started in Biathlon European Cup. Your first race, a single in Obertilliach they could win. This was followed by mostly finishes among the top ten. Since 2006 /07 the Belarusian starts in the Biathlon World Cup. Her first race was a single in Östersund, they finished as 44th. In Pokljuka she gained as 27th in the Sprint Cup points for the first time in December 2007 and was also the first time used in a Belarusian Season ( 12 ).
In the 2008 /09 season Skardsina participated in all World Cup stages and achieved its best result with 12th place in the individual race in Hochfilzen. At the World Championships in 2009 she was ranked 32 in singles and missed with the Belarussian season in fourth place when barely a medal. In the 2009/2010 season it succeeded in the first place in the Top Ten: In the sprint race Pokljuka she was eighth. Skardsina took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Her best result was the 22nd place in the mass start. With the season she was ranked 7th in the 2010/11 season could at a sprint in Fort Kent run in tenth again in the top ten. At the World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk Skardsina just barely missed her first major international success as a fourth place in the individual race. At the third stop of the 2012/2013 season in Pokljuka Nadseja Skardsina took the sprint for third place and thus was the first time on the podium of a World Cup race.
Biathlon World Cup rankings
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