Ksenija Sikunkowa

Cyrillic ( Belarusian )
	Ксенія Зікункова
Łacinka :	Ksienija Zikunkova
Transl. :	Ksenija Zikunkova
Transcr. :	Ksenija Sikunkowa
Cyrillic ( Russian )
	Ксения Зикункова
Transl .:	Ksenija Zikunkova
Transcr .:	Xenia Sikunkova

Ksenija Sikunkowa (also Ksenia Zikounkova , born February 2, 1979 in Leningrad ) is a former Belarusian biathlete .

Ksenija Sikunkowa first appeared at the 1999 Junior World Championships in Pokljuka at a major international event. She was 43rd in the sprint, but did not finish in the individual. For the next season she appeared in Hochfilzen in an individual, in which she was 68th, for the first time in the biathlon World Cup . The highlight of the season was Sikunkowas participation in the European Championships in Haute-Maurienne , where she was fifth with the season. In 2002, the Belarusian competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time in Salt Lake City . The best result was a 38th place in the individual. At the subsequent European Championships in Kontiolahti Sikunkowa was sixth with the relay and in the sprint and tenth in the pursuit. At the last World Cup station of the season at Holmenkollen in Oslo , she got her first World Cup points as 20th in the sprint and 14th in the pursuit. The 14th place is her best World Cup result so far.

The following season started less well in the individual races, so Sikunkowa was lapped in Östersund in the pursuit, but she was able to take a good fourth place with the relay. The 2002/03 season was generally unsatisfactory for the Belarusian. After she took part in the world championships in summer biathlon in Forni Avoltri and achieved a tenth place in the mass start as the best place, she was able to run another very good season in 2003/04 . Sikunkowa was able to collect World Cup points in five races and was 48th overall after the season. In Hochfilzen she achieved her only World Cup victory in the Belarusian relay with Jekaterina Iwanowa , Wolha Nasarawa and Alena Subrylawa . The 2004 World Championships also brought an acceptable result with a 24th place in the individual and a 27th place in the sprint and an outstanding result with the fourth place in the relay. At the European Championships in Minsk she was seventh in the individual shortly thereafter.

In 2005 Ksenija Sikunkowa was able to win the world championship title with the Belarusian relay team at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in Muonio . In addition to this outstanding success, she finished twelfth in the sprint and ten in the pursuit. Her last major event was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where Sikunkowa competed individually and was 76th.

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					1	1
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10					7th	7th
Scoring	2	5	1		9	17th
Starts	12	37	16		9	74

Web link

• Ksenija Sikunkowa in the IBU database (English)