Ivan Pesterew lives in Tolochin and trained in Vitebsk . He was active for the Minsk Army Sports Club. The Spödat began in 1987 with the sport of biathlon. In 1996 he made his debut in the biathlon world cup at races in Osrblie . In the individual he was 83rd, in the sprint 86th. It took a year until he was used again in Oberhof and with the ranks 42, his placements roughly halved. By 2001 he made more than 30 appearances in the World Cup without ever winning any points. But he was second in the relay race in 1998 in Osrblie with Oleksij Ajdarow , Vadim Saschurin and Oleg Ryschenkow . At the 1998 European Biathlon Championships in Minsk , he won the bronze medal with Igor Pesterew , Alexander Iwanowski and Dimitri Schichow behind the relay teams from Germany and Norway. In 2000 the Belarusian in Kościelisko was 34th in the individual, 31st in the sprint and 25th in the pursuit. With Sjarhej Nowikau , Sjarhej Sakalouski and Rustam Waliullin , he also came in sixth in the relay race. A year later , Pesterew was used in all four races in Haute-Maurienne . In the individual, she just missed the top ten in 12th place, was 47th in the sprint and then improved to 30th place in the pursuit race. In the relay race he ran on the side of Nowikau, Pjotr Iwaschka and Waliullin in fifth place. Since 2002 Pesterew has only been used in winter at European level or in special races. So he reached 44th of the sprint at the military World Ski Championships in Östersund in 2004 and with Sjarhej Daschkewitsch , Aljaksandr Mytnik and Uladsimir Miklascheuski 16th with the military patrol.
Since the 2000s, Pesterew devoted himself increasingly to summer biathlon . At the 2000 World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk , he came in 14th place in the sprint, was 12th in the pursuit race and with Aljaksandr Uszinau , Dsjanis Bystryk and Nowikau fifth in the relay race. 2001 he won in Jambrozowa behind Ilmārs Bricis and Dimitri Borovik the bronze medal in the pursuit race and was with Ajdarow, Ustinow and Valiullin the title in the relay race. A year later , Pesterew was second in Jablonec nad Nisou as the starting runner of the relay with Nowikau, Uszinau and Saschurin behind Russia. In 2004 he missed another medal with the Belarusian relay in Forni Avoltri as fourth and was also tenth in the sprint, eighth in the pursuit and eleventh in the mass start race. The 2004 World Championships in Osrblie brought Aljaksandr Syman , Waliullin and Uszinau to win the second world title in the relay race. He also finished 14th in the sprint, eighth in the pursuit and eleventh in the mass start in the last races of his career.
Placements in the biathlon world cup
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
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