Andriy Deryzemlya

Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya (; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. In 2008 together with Oksana Khvostenko he won World Team Challenge.

Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career. In the 2014 parliamentary election Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes. Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014. On 29 November 2014, Deryzemlya donated his own plot of land in the city of Chernihiv so that it could be given instead to the family of a Ukrainian soldier who had been killed in the war in Donbas.

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 1998 Nagano — 45th 18th 2002 Salt Lake City 27th 38th DNS — 2006 Turin 39th 27th 31st — 7th 2010 Vancouver 27th 5th 26th 26th 8th 2014 Sochi 46th 22nd 36th — 9th 7th Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006 and the mixed relay in 2014.

World Championships 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay 1997 Brezno-Osrblie — 77th — — — 1998 Pokljuka — 15th 1999 Kontiolahti 33rd 65th — — 11th 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 30th 44th 49th — 8th 2001 Pokljuka 61st 22nd 23rd — — 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen 30th 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 54th 23rd 15th — 10th 2004 Oberhof 77th 58th DNS — — 2005 Hochfilzen 40th 11th 8th 6th 10th 7th 2006 Pokljuka 9th 2007 Antholz-Anterselva — Bronze 26th 25th 8th 10th 2008 Östersund 9th 29th 36th 10th 10th — 2009 Pyeongchang 8th 12th 7th 23rd 5th 11th 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 6th 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 14th 10th 7th 13th Silver — 2012 Ruhpolding 17th 42nd 22nd 19th 8th 14th 2013 Nové Město 17th 17th 30th 20th 14th 9th During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. Team was removed as an event in 1998, and mass start was added in 1999 with the mixed relay being added in 2005.

Individual victories 1 victory (1 MS) Season Date Location Discipline Level 2002–03 1 victory (1 MS) 26 January 2003 Antholz-Anterselva15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.