Petra Starčević

Petra Starčević ( born May 7, 1987 in Rijeka ) is a former Croatian biathlete.

Petra Starčević is a student and lives in Mrkopalj, where she trained for their active time. She started for Bjelolasica, where she was coached by Robert Petrovic. With the sport of biathlon and the Croatian began in 2001 and since then was also the national team of their country. In Ridnaun Starčević launched first time at the Junior World Championships in 2002 in her first international championship. They showed places 53 in singles and 57 in the sprint. A year later, she competed in the Junior World Championships in Koscielisko, where she reached the 62nd place in the sprint as well as in singles. The European Junior Championships concluded at the Junior World Championships in Forni Avoltri, where she was 35th in the sprint and 33 of persecution. Third major event of the year, the Summer Biathlon World Championships in 2003, which were also held in Forni Avoltri where Starčević took up again at the competitions of juniors and ranks 27 in the sprint and 24 reached in the pursuit. In 2004, she took in Haute Maurienne at the Junior World Championships and was part of the 55 places in the sprint, pursuit and 50 in singles and was with Marina Kovačec and Anamarija Brajdić Eleventh in the relay race. For the fourth time in Kontiolahti Starčević launched at a Junior World Championships, where she was 56th of the Single Page, which qualified for the only time as 58th in an international championship for a pursuit race and was 57th in this. With Brajdić and Krunoslava Kauzlaric she was also seventh in the relay. In 13 seasons, it was one of the best international results for the Croatian Biathlon at all. In 2006, she participated in Presque Isle for the last time at a Junior World Championships in part, in which they took 31 finished seventh in singles, 35 in the sprint, in the pursuit and with Kovačec and Brajdić nine in the relay race. The seventh rank in the individual belongs to the outstanding results of Croatian biathletes.

In Obertilliach Starčević was first used in 2004 Biathlon European Cup for women was 28 in her first single, winning immediate first points. That same season also followed the debut in the Biathlon World Cup. The first race in Oberhof denied the Croatian and was 78th in a sprint. It was also her best result in the World Cup. The highlight of the season was to participate in the Biathlon World Championships 2005 in Hochfilzen, where Starčević in individual occupied the 90th place in the sprint and was 79th. Both the Sprint and in individual she finished with 79 ranks at the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin two of their best international results. Your last international race she contested at the Winter Universiade in 2007 in Turin. For races in Cesana San Sicario the Croatian reached number 40 in singles, 48 in the sprint and was Kauzlaric and Andrijana Stipanicic Season - seventh.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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