Vita Semerenko






































Vita Semerenko
Віта Семеренко.JPG
Full name Vita Oleksandrivna Semerenko
Born
(1986-01-18) 18 January 1986 (age 32)[1]
Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Ski club Dynamo
Personal best 2
World Cup career
Seasons 2005–
Indiv. podiums 10 (incl. 3 at World Champ.)
Updated on January 6, 2018.

Vita Semerenko (Ukrainian: Віта Олександрівна Семеренко; born January 18, 1986, in Krasnopillia, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, Olympic medalist and multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian winter athletes.


Biathlete Valentyna is her twin sister.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Results


    • 3.1 Winter Olympics


    • 3.2 World Championships


    • 3.3 World Cup


      • 3.3.1 Individual podiums


      • 3.3.2 Relay podiums


      • 3.3.3 Positions




    • 3.4 IBU Cup


      • 3.4.1 Relay podiums






  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


When she was in the fourth grade of elementary school, she took up cross-country skiing together with her twin sister Valentyna. But later they decided to switch to biathlon. In 2005 she won two medals at Junior World Championships and one at Junior European Championships. Since the competition in Ukrainian national team was quite rigorous, only Valja managed to qualify for 2006 Winter Olympics.


In 2005–06 World Cup season she debuted in German Oberhof in women's relay which was her only World Cup race in that season. Next season she had her first World Cup race - individual race in Swedish Östersund where she with three misses finished 23rd as the best among Ukrainians. Her first World Cup podium came on December 20, 2008, in Austrian Hochfilzen, where she was second in sprint.


She also competes sometimes in summer biathlon competitions, including World and European championships. But Vita's greatest achievement in this modification of biathlon was in 2012 when she won City-Biathlon in Püttlingen, Germany, which was very popular among leading biathletes.


She won the silver medal in 4×6 km relay event at the Biathlon World Championships 2008. In the Olympic cycle between 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics she always was on the World Championships podiums winning bronze in individual in 2011, bronze in sprint in 2012 and bronze once again in sprint in 2013 (her teammate Olena Pidhrushna became then World Champion). Apart from her individual medals she also was second in women's relay in 2013.


She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[2] In Vancouver she was one of national hopes for a medal but she didn't achieve high results.




Ukrainian stamp with 2014 Olympic champions (Vita - first from right)


On February 9, 2014, she got her bronze medal in women's sprint competition thus winning the first medal for Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics. On February 21, together with Juliya Dzhyma, Valj Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.[3] This is still the greatest achievement for Ukraine in biathlon.


Due to illness, surgery and then pregnancy she missed almost three seasons, returning to competitions only in March 2016.


She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4] She competed in all personal races at the Games with 14th place in sprint being her personal best.


She received the Best Athlete of a Month award from National Olympic Committee of Ukraine for four times - in March 2009, March 2010, March 2011, March 2012.



Personal life


Vita is married to a footballer of a regional league Andriy Patsiuk. On September 19, 2016, she gave a birth to the son whose name is Mark.


She graduated from Sumy State Pedagogical Makarenko University.



Results



Winter Olympics











































Year Event IN SP PU MS RL MRL
2010
Canada Vancouver, Canada
22 34 42 6
2014
Russia Sochi, Russia
29 3 10 16 1
2018
South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea
63 14 18 24 11


World Championships



















































































Year Event IN SP PU MS RL MRL
2007
Italy Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
20 12 20 20 9
2008
Sweden Östersund, Sweden
13 35 DNS 4 2
2009
South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea
12 26 19 4 DNF
2010
Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
6
2011
Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
3 18 17 25 DSQ
8
2012
Germany Ruhpolding, Germany
16 3 8 7 6
14
2013
Czech Republic Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
5 3 9 4 2


World Cup



Individual podiums
















































Season Place Competition Rank
2008–09
Austria Hochfilzen, Austria
Sprint 2

Canada Vancouver, Canada
Individual 3
2009–10
Norway Oslo, Norway
Mass start 2
2011–12
Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Sprint 2

Russia Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Pursuit 3
2017–18
France Annecy, France
Sprint 3

Germany Oberhof, Germany
Pursuit 3


Relay podiums
































































Season Place Competition Rank
2008–09
Germany Oberhof, Germany
Relay 1
2010–11
Austria Hochfilzen, Austria
Relay 2

Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia
Mixed relay 2
2012–13
Austria Hochfilzen, Austria
Relay 2

Germany Oberhof, Germany
Relay 1
2013–14
Austria Hochfilzen, Austria
Relay 1

Germany Ruhpolding, Germany
Relay 3

France Annecy, France
Relay 2
2017–18
Austria Hochfilzen, Austria
Relay 2

Finland Kontiolahti, Finland
Mixed relay 2


Positions























































































Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass starts TOTAL
2006–07 38 51 52 40 46
2007–08 18 38 24 37
2008–09 6 10 18 17 13
2009–10 24 23 19 13 19
2010–11 7 18 18 18 15
2011–12 20 12 13 10 12
2012–13 16 10 14 3 10
2013–14 50 29 23 31
2014–15
missed
2015–16
missed
2016–17
missed


IBU Cup



Relay podiums




















Season Place Competition Rank
2016–17
Estonia Otepää, Estonia
Mixed relay 3

Estonia Otepää, Estonia
Mixed relay 3


References





  1. ^ "Vita SEMERENKO". sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 16 February 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Vita Semerenko, Biathlon". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.


  3. ^ "Vita Semerenko". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.


  4. ^ "Ukrainian squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics". Ukrainian Biathlon Federation. Retrieved January 20, 2018.




External links



  • IBU Database

  • Biathlon.com.ua









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