Sergey Novikov (biathlete)

Syarhey Waljanzinawitsch Nowikau (White Russian Сяргей Валянцінавіч Новікаў, Russian Сергей Валентинович Новиков / Sergei Valentinovich Novikov; * 27 April 1979 in Tschawussy, Mahiljouskaja Woblasz, Byelorussian SSR, USSR) is a Belarusian biathlete.

Syarhey Nowikau is a student and lives in Mogilev, the sport of biathlon he operates since 1990. While he is trained by Anatoly Perepetschkin. Since 2001, the starting for Dinamo Minsk athletes is part of the Belarusian national team. His international debut Novikov still without significant success in the 1999's Junior World Championships in Pokljuka. After that, he was first used in the European Cup and won his first race, a single, Champex -Lac and then was second in the sprint. In 2000 he competed in the relay race at the European Championships in Zakopane, where he was sixth. In the summer of that year he again took part in the relay at the World Championships in the Summer Biathlon at Khanty-Mansiysk, finishing in seventh place.

At the start of the 2000/01 season Novikov debuted in the Biathlon World Cup. For an individual in Hochfilzen he was 76 His first notable result he achieved in 2003 as fourth in the relay in Ruhpolding. Shortly thereafter, he ran as a 14 in the sprint in Lahti for the first time in the points. In the summer of that year he started again at the World Championships in the summer biathlon in Forni Avoltri. With the Season Novikov missed fourth barely a medal. In the mass start, he finished seventh. 2005 was a good year for Novikov. In the World Cup he repeatedly attained acceptable placements in the points, at the European Championships in Novosibirsk, he was fifth in the relay at the World Championships in Hochfilzen fourth in the relay and at the World Championships in the summer biathlon he finally won Season Bronze ( with Rustam Waliullin, Alyaksandr Syman and Alyaksandr Uszinau ) in Muonio.

In the season 2005/ 06 he achieved several good World Cup rankings, about a twelfth place in pursuit Osrblie, a tenth place in the pursuit of Antholz, but especially in the relay race. In Turin, Novikov was first used in 2006 Olympic Games. He started in all races except the mass start and reached best result a 24th place in singles. The subsequent European Championships in Langsdorf, he became European champion in pursuit and with Waliullin, Uladsimer Dratschou and Oleg Ryschenkow in the relay, it still won silver behind Jaroslav Soukup in Sprint and has been in the single Fourth. In 2007, he stepped out in the mass start for all races in the world championship, best result here was a 13th place with the mixed relay.

His greatest sporting success came Syarhey Nowikau at the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver. After a trouble- free shooting performance, he finished in the individual race over 20 km of the 2nd place, together with Ole Einar Bjørndalen. This is the same Nowikaus best ever placement in the World Cup.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games:
  • 2010: 1x Silver (Single)
  • World championships:
  • 2008: 1x Silver ( Mixed Relay )
Chavusy Winter Olympic Games Biathlon World Championships 2008 Biathlon European Championships 2007 April 27 Biathlon World Championships 2005 Langdorf International Biathlon Union Tomasz Sikora Alexey Volkov (biathlete)
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