Summer Biathlon European Championships 2013

The 10th open Summer Biathlon European Championships 2013 took place from August 2nd to 4th in Haanja , Estonia . The competitions were held in the cross-country disciplines sprint and pursuit for men and women and in the mixed relay. It was the top event in cross-country biathlon of the year and followed the races of the IBU Summer Cup 2013 .

The most successful nation was Russia with two out of five possible titles. Sergei Balandin also became the most successful individual participant with two titles. The most successful woman was Judith Wagner , who won a gold, silver and bronze medal and thus brought a European championship title to Germany for the first time.

Men

Sprint 4 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Sergei Balandin	15: 02.1	0 + 0
2	Ruslan Nasirov	+8.7	2 + 2
3	Alexander Kachanovsky	+11.6	0 + 2
4th	Indrek Tobreluts
5	Ivan Moravskyi
6th	Maxim Albertowitsch Adiev
7th	Kauri Kõiv
8th	Aliaksandr Knatsko
9	Tomas Kaukėnas
10	Peter Kazár
11	Ivan Bogdanov
12	Tomáš Bystřický
13	Toms Praulītis
14th	Murod Hodjibayev
15th	Oleksiy Petrenko
16	Václav Bitala
17th	Karolis Zlatkauskas
17th	Edgars Piksons
19th	Ihor Harbus
20th	Vitali Kabardin
21st	Andrei Swoboda
22nd	Tobias Giering
23	Michael Herr
24	Aleksandrs Patrijuks
25th	Roland Lessing
26th	Karol Dombrovski
27	Rolands Pužulis
28	Jaan Koolmeister
29	Peeter Kirss
30th	Rando Kaljuvee
31	Lukas Olejar
32	Nauris Birkental

Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
All 32 registered athletes from ten countries started.

Georgii Sennikov won the junior race ahead of Hendrik Berner and Pavel Shelkovkin .    

Pursuit 6 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Sergei Balandin
2	Indrek Tobreluts
3	Ruslan Nasirov
4th	Maxim Albertowitsch Adiev
5	Alexander Kachanovsky
6th	Ivan Moravskyi
7th	Tomas Kaukėnas
8th	Michael Herr
9	Toms Praulītis
10	Oleksiy Petrenko
11	Karolis Zlatkauskas
12	Peter Kazár
13	Ihor Harbus
14th	Aliaksandr Knatsko
15th	Tomáš Bystřický
16	Václav Bitala
17th	Vitali Kabardin
18th	Tobias Giering
19th	Rolands Pužulis
20th	Ivan Bogdanov
21st	Karol Dombrovski
22nd	Andrei Swoboda
23	Murod Hodjibayev
24	Rando Kaljuvee
25th	Jaan Koolmeister
26th	Peeter Kirss
27	Lukas Olejar
28	Nauris Birkental

Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 12:31 p.m.
28 of the 32 qualified athletes from ten countries started. Kauri Kõiv , Edgars Piksons , Aleksandrs Patrijuks and Roland Lessing no longer competed . Tomas Kaukėnas received a time credit of 15 seconds because the shooting range was faulty, Murod Hodjibayev received a time penalty of 30 seconds according to IBU Disciplinary Rule 5.3.     

Georgii Sennikov won the junior race ahead of Oleksandr Dudkov and Kirill Komarov .    

Women

Sprint 3 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Judith Wagner
2	Pavla Schorná
3	Irina Kudritskaya
4th	Switlana Krikonchuk
5	Baiba Bendika
6th	Ksenia Pljaskina
7th	Thordis Arnold
8th	Kadri Lehtla
9	Alexandra Walischina
10	Kristel Viigipuu
11	Elena Kulakova
12	Jelena Jarkowa
13	Natalija Kočergina
14th	Yulia Sasonova
15th	Vladimíra Točeková
16	Žanna Juškāne
17th	Tatiana Kazakova
18th	Kumushoy Matyokubova
19th	Tetiana Trachuk
20th	Martina Darmová
21st	Nadija Bjelkina
22nd	Marina Hmelevskaya
23	Diana Rasimovičiūtė
24	Kelly Vainlo
25th	Tamara Schijff

Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 3:08 p.m.
All 32 registered athletes from eleven countries started.

The junior race was won by Leisan Bikhtasheva ahead of Yuliya Zhurakov and Margarita Yarostova .    

Pursuit 5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Pavla Schorná
2	Judith Wagner
3	Jelena Jarkowa
4th	Ksenia Pljaskina
5	Irina Kudritskaya
6th	Switlana Krikonchuk
7th	Thordis Arnold
8th	Tetiana Trachuk
9	Vladimíra Točeková
10	Alexandra Walischina
11	Žanna Juškāne
12	Tatiana Kazakova
13	Kadri Lehtla
14th	Elena Kulakova
15th	Kristel Viigipuu
16	Iuliia Sazonova
17th	Baiba Bendika
18th	Nadija Bjelkina
19th	Marina Hmelevskaya
20th	Kumushoy Matyokubova
21st	Martina Darmová
22nd	Kelly Vainlo
23	Tamara Schijff

Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 3:07 p.m.
23 of the 25 qualified athletes from ten countries started. Natalija Kočergina and Diana Rasimovičiūtė no longer competed . Kumushoy Matyokubova and Kelly Vainlo received a two-minute time penalty under IBU rule 5.5a.   

The junior women’s race was won by Yuliya Zhurakov ahead of Leisan Bikhtasheva and Margarita Yarostova .    

Mixed relay 2 × 3 + 2 × 4 km

space	country	athlete	time	Shooting error + reload
1	Ukraine	Switlana Krikontschuk Tetjana Trachuk Iwan Morawskyj Ihor Harbus
2	Russia	Alexandra Walischina Irina Kudrizkaja Alexander Katschanowski Sergei Balandin
3	Germany	Judith Wagner Thordis Arnold Tobias Giering Michael Herr
4th	Estonia	Kristel Viigipuu Johan Talihärm Indrek Tobreluts Kauri Kõiv
5	Latvia	Baiba Bendika Žanna Juškāne Toms Praulītis Edgars Piksons
6th	Belarus	Ksenija Pljaskina Aliona Lutsykovich Aliaksandr Knatsko Uladzislau Miadziukha
7th	Czech Republic	Pavla Schorná Anna Puskarčíková Tomáš Bystřický Václav Bitala
8th	Slovakia	Vladimíra Točeková Martina Darmová Lukáš Olejár Peter Kazár
9	Uzbekistan	Marina Hmelevskaya Kumushoy Matyokubova Murod Hodjibayev Ruslan Nasirov

Date: Friday, August 2, 2013, 12:31 p.m.
All nine registered seasons started. In several relays, junior athletes were appointed to the relay.

Web links

• Results of the mixed (PDF; 378 kB)
• Results women's sprint (PDF; 357 kB)
• Results men's sprint (PDF; 363 kB)
• Results of persecution of women (PDF; 365 kB)
• Results of the persecution of men (PDF; 374 kB)
• Results female junior sprint (PDF; 363 kB)
• Results Junior Pursuit (PDF; 366 kB)
• Results junior sprint (PDF; 373 kB)
• Results Junior Pursuit (PDF; 380 kB)