Vitaliy Mandzyn

Vitalii Mandzyn (; born 5 April 2003) is a Ukrainian biathlete. He made his Biathlon World Cup debut in 2022.

Career Vitalii Mandzyn made his international debut at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, where he finished fifth in the sprint and missed out on a medal by less than 20 seconds. He then took part in the 2020 World Youth Championships and finished seventh in the relay and 17th in the pursuit race. Vitalii also competed at the World Youth Championships the following year, but again missed out on the top 10. In the winter of 2021/22, he competed in the IBU Junior Cup and achieved a podium finish with the relay team. Mandzyn won his first medal in the IBU-level in the junior competitions at the 2020 Summer Biathlon World Championships, where he was only beaten by the Czechs Tomáš Mikyska and Jonáš Mareček in the pursuit. His debut in the IBU Cup in Idre at the end of 2022 was a success with 25th and 31st place, meaning that the Ukrainian was immediately invited for the World Cup in Hochfilzen and finished the sprint there in 89th place with four misses. Another podium in the IBU Junior Cup was followed by a bronze medal with Stepan Kinash, Oleksandra Merkushyna and Daryna Chalyk at the 2023 European Junior Championships later in the season. The summer of 2023 was also successful again, with Mandzyn winning silver in the sprint and bronze in the pursuit at the Summer Biathlon Junior World Championships. In the winter of 2023/24, Mandzyn called up to the squad for the World Cup stage in Oberhof and scored his first World Cup points in the sprint in 31st place despite a shooting miss, which he was able to confirm with 39th place in the pursuit. Vitalii finished his first relay alongside Artem Pryma, Dmytro Pidruchnyi and Anton Dudchenko in 13th place. In 2024, he won silver in the Mass Start 60 at the European Junior Championships and won the overall mass start standings at the IBU Junior Cup. At the World Junior Championships in Otepää, he won a silver medal in the Relay together with Stepan Kinash, Bohdan Borkovskyi and Serhii Suprun.

Personal life He started biathlon at the age of 11. Before that age, he practised aikido.

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

Olympic Games 0 medal EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2026 Milano Cortina 28th 24th 16th 10th 16th 8th

World Championships 0 medals EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2025 Lenzerheide 17th 36th 19th 27th 8th — —

World Cup

Relay podiums 1 podium No. Season Date Location Level Race Placement Teammate 1 2024–25 9 March 2025 Nové Město na Moravě World Cup Relay 3rd Tyshchenko, Dudchenko, Pidruchnyi

Youth and Junior World Championships 1 medal (1 silver) Year Age Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed relay 2020 Lenzerheide 16 24th 23rd 17thN/A 7thN/A 2021 Obertilliach 17 20th 20th 25th 10th 2023 Shchuchinsk 19 50th 21st 17th 11th 9th 2024 Otepää 20 19th 10thN/A 4th Silver 8th