Vladimir Dratchev

Vladimir Petrovich Dratchev ( _ru. Владимир Петрович Драчёв) (born March 7, 1966 in Petrozavodsk) is a Belarusian biathlete. He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002. Dratchev has four world championship titles in his career (two individually and two for teams). He also has two olympic relay medals for Russia (silver in 1994, and bronze in 1998).

Career

*Olympics:
*1994 Lillehammer: Silver medal on the relay
*1998 Nagano: Bronze medal on the relay

*World Championships:
*1994 Canmore: silver in the team event
*1996 Ruhpolding: gold medal in the sprint event and on the relay, silver on the normal distance and in the team event
*1998 Pokljuka: gold medal in the pursuit, silver in the team event
*1999 Oslo/Kontiolahti: silver in the mass start and on the relay
*2000 Oslo: gold medal on the relay
*2003 Khanty-Mansiysk: bronze medal on the relay
*World Cup:
**1995/96: Winner of the overall world cup
**2002/03: second behind Ole-Einar Bjørndalen.
*Individual World Cup victories
**15 (pr 2006)

References

* [http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTBLR10703196601 IBU Profile]