Igor Chochryakov was born in Russia, but started for Belarus because of the better sporting opportunities after the dissolution of the Soviet Union . He contested his first races in the World Cup in the 1992/93 season and immediately achieved not only a first single-digit but also one of his best international placings in his first individual in Pokljuka with sixth place. He took part in the World Cup regularly until 1995 , but could not achieve significant results as regularly. The first international championship was the 1993 World Championships in Borovets , at which Khokhryakov finished 26th in the sprint race and in the relay race as a starting runner on the side of Vadim Saschurin , Alexander Popov and Viktor Maigurow in fourth place only missed a medal by one place. At the European Championships, which were held for the first time in 1994 in Kontiolahti , he won the bronze medal in the relay race with Dzmitryj Krywel , Gennadi Karpinkin and Jauhen Redskin behind the representatives from Russia and Poland. For career highlight which were 1994 Olympic Winter Games of Lillehammer . Chochryakov was 45th of the sprint in Norway and with Viktor Maigurow, Aleh Ryschankou and Alexander Popow again in fourth place just missed a medal by just one place. He finally won this at the 1995 World Championships in Antholz , when he won the bronze medal with the relay team with Popow, Ryschankou and Saschurin behind Germany and France. He was also 21st in the individual. At the 1995 in Le Grand-Bornand , Chochryakov was the most successful participant. He won the individual ahead of Alexander Popow and Holger Schönthier and also won the title in the relay race with Popow, Ryschankou and Saschurin as the first runner.
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
Belarus
