Dmytro Pidruchnyi (; born 5 November 1991) is a Ukrainian biathlete. He participated at 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. He is 2019 World Champion in pursuit. In March 2022, Pidruchnyi joined the Ukrainian National Guard to fight during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Career Pidruchnyi was born in village Ostriv near Ternopil. Dmytro's first international competition was 2010 Junior World Championships in Swedish Torsby. He didn't have much success then. He also wasn't very successful next season. But at 2012 Junior Worlds in Kontiolahti he finally showed good results which allowed him to start in IBU Cup and debut in World Cup. On 13 December 2012, he was with 6 misses just 98th in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Nevertheless he competed some more sprints that season.
His performances improved in 2013–14 season. In Hochfilzen Dmytro had surprising 6th place in sprint. Since then Pidruchnyi is on a regular basis in national team. He participated at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He was just 55th in individual race and 9th in men's relay.
On 6 February 2015, Pidruchnyi had his first team podium in mixed relay in Nové Město. That year he debuted at World Championships. Up to date his best World Cup finish is 4th in mass start in Ruhpolding where he lost bronze to Norway's Tarjei Bø.
He qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In Pyeongchang he was 21st in sprint, 34th in pursuit, 7th in mixed relay and 9th in relay.
He won pursuit at World Championships 2019 in Östersund, Sweden.
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2014 Sochi 55th — — — 9th — 2018 Pyeongchang 21st 34th — — 9th 7th 2022 Beijing 18th 13th 13th 24th 9th 13th 2026 Milano Cortina 18th 27th 20th 17th 16th 8th
World Championships 1 medal (1 gold) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2015 Kontiolahti — 49th 43rd — 9th 11th rowspan="3" 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen — 44th — — 16th 4th 2017 Hochfilzen 41st 28th 14th 25th 6th 5th 2019 Östersund — 4th Gold 10th — 7th 5th 2020 Antholz — 10th 30th 23rd 12th 5th 10th 2021 Pokljuka 66th 22nd 27th — 5th 4th — 2023 Oberhof—5th8th23rd13th10th15th 2024 Nové Město na Moravě—21st23rd27th13th7th14th 2025 Lenzerheide—37th30th30th8th8th— *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
World Cup Relay podiums Season Place Competition Placement 2014–15 Nové Město, Czech Republic Mixed relay 3 2016–17 Kontiolahti, Finland Mixed relay 3 2017–18 Kontiolahti, Finland Mixed relay 2 2019–20 Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 2 2024–25 Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 3
Rankings Season Age Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2013–14 22 124 48th 0 – 58 44th 46 48th 20 36th2014–15 23 137 44th 0 – 90 39th 47 42nd 0 —2015–16 24 232 37th 0 – 80 40th 85 34th 67 26th2016–17 25 362 27th 0 – 140 21st 144 25th 78 25th2017–18 26 149 37th 0 – 80 29th 69 30th 0 —2018–19 27 425 18th 0 – 153 20th 181 15th 91 20th2019–20 28 366 17th 32 30th 145 16th 82 19th 107 15th2020–21 29 297 25th — — 137 24th 114 24th 43 27th2021–22 30 148 37th 13 44th 97 28th 38 45th — —2022–23 31 9 86th — — 9 72nd — — — —2023–24 32 131 38th 11 54th 57 35th 53 33rd 10 40th2024–25 33 409 19th 31 33rd 153 17th 120 18th 105 17th
IBU Cup Podiums Season Place Competition Placement 2022–23 Obertilliach, Austria Sprint 3
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References
External links
Biathlon.com.ua