Biathlon European Championships 2009 Explained

The 16th Biathlon European Championships were held in Ufa, Russia from February 28 to March 4, 2009.

There were total of 16 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual and relay both for U26 and U21.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.

Date	Event
February 28	U26 Men's 10 km sprint
	U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint
	U21 Men's 10 km sprint
	U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint
March 1	U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	U26 Women's 10 km pursuit
	U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	U21 Women's 10 km pursuit
March 3	U26 Men's 20 km individual
	U26 Women's 15 km individual
	U21 Men's 20 km individual
	U21 Women's 15 km individual
March 4	U26 Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
	U26 Women's 4 × 6 km relay
	U21 Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
	U21 Women's 3 × 6 km relay

Results

U26

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint			Anton Shipulin
Men's 12.5 km pursuit			Rune Brattsveen
Men's 20 km individual			Serhiy Sednev
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay			Russia Vitaliy Noritsyn Anton Shipulin Alexander Shreyder Victor Vasilyev

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint			Anastasia Tokareva
Women's 10 km pursuit			Yana Romanova
Women's 15 km individual			Liobov Petrova
			Germany Tina Bachmann Carolin Hennecke Anne Preussler Juliane Döll

U21

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint			Vladimir Chepelin
Men's 12.5 km pursuit			Alexey Volkov
Men's 20 km individual			Nazir Rabadanov
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay			Belarus Sergey Rutsevich Vladimir Chepelin Vitali Tsvetau Vladimir Alenishko

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint			Marine Bolliet
Women's 10 km pursuit			Marine Bolliet
Women's 15 km individual			Juliya Dzhyma
Women's 3 × 6 km relay			Romania Luminița Pișcoran Diana Mihalache Réka Ferencz

Medal table

№	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		6	5	7	18
2		5	2	1	8
3		3	3	1	7
4		2			2
5		1	4	2	7
6			1	2	3
7				2	2
8				1	1

External links

• IBU full results
• EBCH-2009