Iryna Petrenko

Iryna Varvynets/Petrenko (Ukrainian: Ірина Варвинець; born 4 July 1992, in Mokhnatyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is World Championships medalist. She participated at 2018 Winter Olympics.

Iryna Varvynets
Born (1992-07-04) 4 July 1992
Mokhnatyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup career
Seasons2014-

Career

Her first international competition was 2009 Junior World Championships in Canmore, Canada. Her best achievement was just 27th in sprint. Next year she also competed only at junior-level competitions. For the first time she took part in IBU Cup race in season 2010-11. She was 16th and 17th in sprints in Beitostolen, Norway. Later Varvynets had good results in Junior Worlds and Europeans where she had 4 Top-10 finishes of 6 races and won silver medal in relay. Next year she improved her performances and won four medals at Junior World and European championships. Two more relay medals came in season 2012-13. She also participated at 2013 Winter Universide in Italian Trentino winning there silver and bronze medal.

She debuted for Ukrainian team at the World Cup on 16 January 2014, in women's sprint in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, where she was just 61st. Following that World Cup stage 2014 in Nové Město wasn't very successful.

In 2014-15 season she had some good results in IBU Cup so she got a spot in women's national team. She participated in women's relay in Oberhof, Germany. Varvynets was appointed as finisher. She made two additional shots and had good chances to win a medal but due to her low speed Ukraine finished just 6th. Nevertheless she had good personal results, regularly finishing in points zone and once having a Top-10 finish. So she was included in team roster for 2015 World championships in Kontiolahti, Finland.

On 17 January 2016, she had her first relay victory in Ruhpolding, Germany. Later that year Iryna participated at 2016 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, where her best finish was 9th in individual race. Since then she is a permanent member of Ukrainian national team.

Varvynets won silver medal in relay at 2017 World Championships in Austrian Hochfilzen. But she participated only in one personal race - individual - placing 20th.

She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1] She was just 73rd in sprint and competed in both relays.

Performances

Winter Olympics

YearEventINSPPUMSRLMRL
2018 Pyeongchang, South Korea73117

World Championships

YearEventINSPPUMSRLMRL
2015 Kontiolahti, Finland3637266
2016 Oslo, Norway91314165
2017 Hochfilzen, Austria202

Relay podiums

SeasonPlaceCompetitionPlacement
2014–15 Nové Město, Czech RepublicMixed relay3
2015–16 Ruhpolding, GermanyRelay1
Presque Isle, United StatesRelay2
2016–17 Pokljuka, SloveniaRelay3
Kontiolahti, FinlandMixed relay3

Rankings

SeasonIndividualSprintPursuitMass startsTOTAL
2014–1525444645
2015–163033412834
2016–1736493241

Individual podiums

SeasonPlaceCompetitionRank
2014–15 Obertilliach, AustriaIndividual2
Obertilliach, AustriaSprint1
2015–16 Ridanna, ItalySprint1
Ridanna, ItalyPursuit3

Relay podiums

SeasonPlaceCompetitionRank
2015–16 Ridanna, ItalyMixed relay3

References

  1. "Ukrainian squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics". Ukrainian Biathlon Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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