Vladimir Iliev

This article covers the Bulgarian biathlete; the Bulgarian composer of the same name can be found under Vladimir Iliew (composer) .

Vladimir Iliev
Association	Bulgaria
birthday	17th March 1987 (age 33)
place of birth	Trojan , Bulgaria
Career
job	PE teacher
society	Ajaks Trojan
Trainer	Tsvetan Zochev
Admission to the national team	2004
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2008
Debut in the World Cup	2006
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 × EM medals 1 × 0 × 2 × JSWM medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Biathlon world championships silver 2019 Östersund singles  European biathlon championships bronze 2015 Otepää singles bronze 2016 Tyumen Mass start gold 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój sprint  Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships bronze 2007 Bansko sprint Open Balkan Championship gold 2008 Băile Harghita sprint gold 2008 Băile Harghita persecution Open Balkan Junior Championship gold 2008 Băile Harghita sprint gold 2008 Băile Harghita persecution
World Cup balance
last change: March 5, 2015

Wladimir Iliew ( Bulgarian Владимир Илиев ; English Vladimir Iliev ; born March 17, 1987 in Trojan ) is a Bulgarian biathlete .

Career

Vladimir Iliev lives in Trojan and trains in Lovech . The sports teacher who competes for Ajaks Trojan is trained by Tsvetan Zotschew. Iliew has been practicing biathlon since 1997, and has been part of the Bulgarian national team since 2004. Since 2004 he has also competed in the Junior European Cups, but initially rarely placed in the top 30. In 2005 he took part in a Junior World Championship for the first time. In Kontiolahti he was able to place 25th in the sprint, 21st in the pursuit and tenth with the Bulgarian relay. In the following season Iliew achieved several placements among the top 20 in the European Junior Cup. The Junior World Championship 2006 in Presque Isle brought in sprint and pursuit again places around 20th. With the relay he could be seventh. In 2007 in Martell and in 2008 in Ruhpolding , the Bulgarian was able to roughly maintain this level. The 2007 European Junior Championships in Bansko were quite positive . Iliew finished eleventh in the individual, 19th in the sprint, eighth in the pursuit and fifth in the relay. A year later he was able to finish tenth in the individual again in Nové Město na Moravě . The Bulgarian was particularly successful at the Junior Summer Biathlon World Championships in 2007 in Otepää . In the sprint of the roller ski competitions, he won the bronze medal behind Krassimir Anew and Dimitri Blinow and was fifth in the pursuit. In the European Cup he was able to improve over time, in 2007 he even won a sprint race in Bansko.

Iliew made his debut in the A-Class as 105th in the first individual of the Biathlon World Cup - 2006/07 season in Östersund . The first major event among seniors was the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz , where Iliew was 86th in the sprint and 63rd in the individual. With the relay he was 18. A year later Iliew ran in Östersund on the 96th place in the individual and 20 with the relay. He was able to win both in the sprint and the pursuit of the junior and senior competitions at the Open Balkan Championships in Biathlon 2008 in Băile Harghita . Since the 2008/09 season he has competed regularly in the World Cup. At the Biathlon World Championships in 2009 Iliev was able to reach the points in a World Cup race for the first time: In the individual in Pyeongchang , he was 32nd. Iliev took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics and achieved the best result in 16th place with the Bulgarian men's relay. In the Biathlon World Cup 2012/13 he achieved his first top ten place in the sprint race in Pokljuka with sixth place and at the same time his best World Cup result so far.

Iliews crossed the finish line when she won the European Championship sprint 2017

At the 2015 World Cup , he had his greatest successes to date with two results in the top ten. Despite a shooting error, he was only 15 seconds short of third place in the sprint.

Iliev performed successfully at the 2017 European Championships in Duszniki-Zdrój when he won the sprint title ahead of Alexander Loginow and Krassimir Anew .

Iliew achieved his greatest success at the 2019 World Championships in Östersund . He won the silver medal in the individual competition behind Arnd Peiffer and in front of Tarjei Bø .

statistics

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
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10		2	1		2	5
Scoring	6th	21st	14th	6th	42	89
Starts	22nd	66	23	6th	42	159
As of March 22, 2015

winter Olympics

Results at Olympic Winter Games:

	Individual competitions				Relay competitions
	sprint	persecution	singles	Mass start	Men's relay	Mixed relay
2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver	83.	-	79.	-	16.
Olympic Winter Games 2014 | Sochi	59.	54.	38.	-	15th	-
Olympic Winter Games 2018 | Pyeongchang	54.	46.	19th	-	16.	17th

Web links

Commons : Vladimir Iliev  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Vladimir Iliev in the database of the IBU (English)