Svetlana Mironova (biathlete)

Svetlana Igorevna Mironova (Russian: Светлана Игоревна Миронова; born 22 February 1994) is a Russian biathlete.

Svetlana Mironova
Mironova in 2017
Personal information
Native nameСветлана Игоревна Миронова
NationalityRussian
Born (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994
Moryakovskiy Zaton, Tomsk Oblast, Russia
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut2 March 2017
World Championships
Teams2 (2019, 2020)
World Cup
Seasons4 (2016/17–)
Individual races45
All races57
Individual victories0
All victories2
Individual podiums1
All podiums4
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Junior/Youth World Championships
2013 Obertilliach3 x 6 km relay
2013 Obertilliach6 km sprint
Junior European Championships
2014 Nové Město10 km pursuit
2014 Nové Město7.5 km sprint
Updated on 24 January 2021.

Career

Mironova was engaged in cross-country skiing until 2011, when she decided to switch competing in biathlon.

At the 2013 Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, she became the relay champion alongside teammates Victoria Slivko and Uliana Kaisheva. In the same championship, she won bronze in the sprint, was 11th in the pursuit and 24th in the individual race. In 2014, at the U21 European Championships, she took second place in the sprint and became the champion in the pursuit.

Mironova made her World Cup debut in the 2016-17 season in Pyeongchang, finishing 64th in the sprint held on 2 March 2017.[1]

In the 2017-18 season, Mironova took part in seven out of nine stages. Her best result was 9th in the Hochfilzen sprint.[2] By the end of the season, she was named rookie of the year by the International Biathlon Union.[3]

Svetlana competed in the 2019 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, finishing 31st in the sprint, 25th in the pursuit and 33rd in the individual race.

Mironova made to her first World Cup podium at 13 December 2019 in the sprint race in Hochfilzen.[4] She also finished 2nd at the same stage in the women's relay.

On 10 January 2021, Mironova played an instrumental part in the Russian mixed relay gold medal (alongside Uliana Kaisheva, Alexander Loginov and Eduard Latypov) at the World Cup in Oberhof, ending the anti-record 43-race podiumless streak for the Russian biathletes.[5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Championships
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
2019 Östersund 33rd 31st 25th — 5th — —
2020 Antholz-Anterselva 22nd 38th 21st — 8th — —
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

Junior/Youth World Championships

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2013 Obertilliach 24th Bronze 11th Gold
2014 Presque Isle — 15th 31st —

References
  1. "Кубок мира. Спринт. Дальмайер победила, Экхофф – 2-я, Акимова – 34-я". www.sports.ru.
  2. "Кубок мира. Спринт. Домрачева победила, Кузьмина – 2-я, Миронова – 9-я, Юрлова – 11-я". www.sports.ru.
  3. "Российская биатлонистка Миронова признана лучшим новичком года в сезоне". www.tass.ru.
  4. "Dorothea Wierer victorious in Hochfilzen Sprint". www.biathlonworld.com.
  5. "Eduard Latypov Anchors Russia to Mixed Relay Triumph". www.biathlonworld.com.
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