Pavel Wawilow lives and trained in Tyumen. The soldier began biathlon in 1989 and started for Dynamo Tyumen . He celebrated his first major success at the first ever European Biathlon Championships in 1994 , where he won the relay race with Pawel Muslimow , Nikolai Klykow and Eduard Ryabov . He made his World Cup debut at the beginning of the 1994/95 season in Bad Gastein . His first race was an individual, which he finished in 45th. In the further course of the season, the Russian won his first World Cup points in 14th place in a sprint race in Ruhpolding . This was followed by the 1995 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz , where the Russian finished 45th in the sprint. For the first time a podium reached Wawilow in 1998 with Sergei Roschkow , Pawel Rostowzew and Alexei Kobelew as third place in a relay race in Ruhpolding. He was also fourth in two sprint races in the same place. Not much later, the Russian took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In the competitions of Nozawa Onsen , he finished 53rd place in individual. After that, Wawilow was active in the World Cup for another year. At the end of his career, the 1999 Biathlon World Championships in Kontiolahti , where he was 35th in the sprint and 28th in the pursuit.
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