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Sport
  
Biathlon

Role
  
Olympic athlete

World cup debut
  
March 10, 1988

Name
  
Vladimir Drachev

Overall titles
  
1

Teams
  
3 (1994, 1998, 2006)

Retired
  
March 26, 2006

Club
  
Dinamo

Height
  
1.68 m



Full name
  
Vladimir Petrovich Drachev

Born
  
7 March 1966 (age 58) (
1966-03-07
)
Petrozavodsk, RSFSR, Soviet Union

Teams
  
11 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Seasons
  
15 (1987/88–1988/89, 1993/94–2005/06)

Olympic medals
  
Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's relay, Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's relay

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Vladimir Petrovich Drachev (Russian: Владимир Петрович Драчёв, born 7 March 1966) is a former Soviet, Russian and Belarusian biathlete. He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002. Drachev has four world championship titles in his career (two individually and two for teams). He also has two olympic relay medals for Russia (silver in 1994, and bronze in 1998).

Contents

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)

*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

World Championships

11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

Individual victories

15 victories (4 In, 8 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 MS)

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

After retirement

Head of Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast since 2014. In 2016, he was elected to the State Duma representing the United Russia party.

References

Vladimir Drachev Wikipedia