Vladimir Drachyov

Vladimir Petrovich Drachev (, born 7 March 1966) is a former Soviet, Russian, and Belarusian biathlete. He formerly had Russian citizenship and competed for Russia until 2002. Drachev 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). During his career he took a total of 11 World Championship medals and 15 World Cup race wins. He was also known as one of the fastest shots in the sport whilst competing.

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

Olympic Games 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 1994 Lillehammer — 4th Silver 1998 Nagano 35th 12th Bronze 2006 Turin 43rd 61st — — — Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

World Championships 11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitTeamRelay 1994 Canmore Silver 5th 13th — 8th 1996 Ruhpolding Silver Gold Silver Gold 1997 Brezno-Osrblie 20th 11th 4th 15th 8th 1998 Pokljuka Gold Bronze 1999 Kontiolahti 5th 25th 9th Silver Silver 2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 73rd 18th 25th 12th Gold 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 38th 5th 6th 20th Bronze 2004 Oberhof 12th 43rd DNS 16th 4th 2005 Hochfilzen — 45th DNF — — — 2006 Pokljuka 24th 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 pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

Individual victories 15 victories (4 In, 8 Sp, 2 Pu, 1 MS) Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

After retirement Head of Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast since 2014. In 2016, he was elected to the State Duma representing the United Russia party. In May 2018 Drachev was elected as President of the Russian Biathlon Union for a four-year term.