Dias Keneschow initially enjoyed national success as a cross-country skier . He attended the youth sports school of the Olympic Reserve in Urschar, after which he switched to a sports boarding school in Ridder . He won the title at the East Kazakh championships and was a medalist at the Kazakh championships in cross-country skiing. The athlete began studying sports at the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism in Almaty and has been running both summer and winter biathlon ever since. In summer biathlon he is mainly active in the cross-country style . At his first World Championships in 2007 in Otepää , he did not achieve any particular success. The best result was a 21st place in the sprint, in the pursuit he was lapped out. A year later in Haute-Maurienne he won silver in the sprint behind Alexei Katrenko and bronze behind Katrenko and Sergei Balandin in the pursuit. His appearances in the roller ski competitions were less successful , where he was placed around 30th place.
In the winter biathlon, Keneschow made his debut in the 2007 European Biathlon Cup . In Geilo he was 63rd in his first sprint race. In each of his next two races he improved by one place. The high point of the season was the biathlon world championships in Östersund . The Kazakh competed in three competitions. In the individual he was 87th, in the sprint 85th and with the Kazakh relay, which also included Alexander Tscherwjakow , Alexander Schessler and Sergei Naumik , 22nd the following year he was used at the Biathlon World Championships in 2009 in Pyeongchang . In the sprint he was 75th, with the relay he reached 20th place. The Kazakhstani achieved his greatest international success with 33rd place in the individual. It was also the best result in the World Cup and the first result in the World Cup points. Dias Keneschow took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the opening ceremony he was the flag bearer of the Kazakh Olympic team. His best results were 72nd place in individual and sprint. With the relay he finished 18th.
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
Kazakhstan
