Anton Junak

Anton Junak
Association	Ukraine
birthday	3rd June 1985
place of birth	Soviet Union
Career
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2008
European Cup / IBU Cup victories	-
Debut in the World Cup	2009
World Cup victories	-
status	resigned
End of career	2013
Medal table
JSWM medals 0 × 1 × 0 × Universiade medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships silver 2006 Ufa Mixed  Winter Universiade silver 2007 Turin Season
World Cup balance
last change: August 17, 2010

Anton Junak ( Ukrainian Антон Юнак , English transcription Anton Yunak ; born June 3, 1985 ) is a former Ukrainian biathlete .

Anton Junak made his international debut in 2006 in Ridnaun as part of the Junior Biathlon European Cup . In the same year he took part in his first major biathlon event, the 2006 Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships in Ufa . He started both in cross-country skiing , where he narrowly missed a medal in fourth place in the sprint and sixth in the pursuit race, as well as in the races on roller skis . There he finished ninth in the sprint and came eleventh in the pursuit. With Walentyna Semerenko , Wita Semerenko and Andrij Bohaj he won the silver medal behind the Russian team in the cross-country mixed relay. The following year, the 2007 Winter Universiade in Cesana San Sicario became the major event of the year. On the 2006 Olympic course , Junak finished 17th in the individual, 27th in the sprint, and 15th in the pursuit. With Oleh Bereschnyj , Serhij Sednjew and Roman Pryma he won the silver medal in the relay race behind Belarus.

At the start of the 2008/09 season , Junak made his debut in Idre in the IBU Cup and was 27th of the sprint, which he immediately won first points. A little later he achieved his best result so far in the second highest racing series with a 17th place in a sprint in Obertilliach . In the same season , the Ukrainian competed in his first race in the biathlon world cup . He made his debut in a sprint in Ruhpolding , where he was 97th and came with the relay of Ukraine on the side of Oleksandr Bilanenko , Oleksij Korobejnikow and Oleksandr Batjuk in 15th place. In Oberhof , Junak finally started at the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2009 and reached 12th place in the cross-country sprint. In the pursuit race, he dropped back to 28th place with nine shooting errors.

Biathlon World Cup placements

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

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring					1	1
Starts		1			1	2
Status: after the 2009/2010 season

Web links

• Anton Junak in the IBU database (English)