Dmytro PIDRUCHNYI

Historical Results

Dima

Reading, computer games, collecting badges

Athlete, Coach, Physical education teacher

Graduated from from Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University

Wife, Olga (married 2015). Daughter, Iryna (born 2015). Son, Volodymyr (born 2020).

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Dynamo, Ternopil region

National: Jurai Sanitra (SVK)
Personal: Oleg Bunt, Nazar Buryk.

Wife Olga Poleshchykova (Biathlon): Competed in the IBU Cup during the 2010/11 season, with one top-50 result.

Parents Volodymyr and Maria (Cross-country skiing): Masters of Sport.

Sister-in-law Iulia Poleshchykova (Biathlon): Represented Ukraine at the 2011 Junior World Championship, finishing fifth in the relay. Added a seventh-place mixed relay finish at the 2011 European Championships, competing in the senior race as a junior. Competed at the IBU Cup from 2010-11.

2012 IBU Cup in Idre (Sprint -51st)
2012 World Cup in Pokljuka (Sprint - 98th)

2012

Started Greco-Roman wrestling at age eight, then added cross-country skiing. After skiing for about three years and winning regional championships, biathlon coaches noticed and invited him to join in 2005. His parents started taking him to nearby village Pidhorodne for training and shooting practice. (nova.te.ua, 25 Oct 2020)

Win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

"Since I was in the main team, I have always had coaches who treated all athletes in the same way, and it was easy for me to find a common language with them. And with Jurai [Sanitra] it was somehow special. He is a positive person in himself, easily makes contact and communication. He knows how to listen, gives the floor to athletes. If he sees that the athlete has his own opinion, he listens to him. This season, he gave me many opportunities to think about the training process myself, to discuss everything with him." (xsport.ua, 27 Apr 2019)

Winning the pursuit at the 2019 World Championships in Oestersund. "At first it seemed that it was a dream and every day I reminded myself, looking at the medal, that it was true, and I succeeded. Of course, pride for yourself, for the country, indescribable feelings when the flag is raised and the anthem of your country sounds. Such emotions will remain in the memory for a lifetime." (nova.te.ua, 25 Oct 2019)

Biathlete Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR), five-time Olympian, and two-time World Championship bronze medallist, making him the first Ukrainian to an individual championship medal.

"Sport is my job, a profession in which I earn money, I have significant achievements, but on one condition - honestly. Because in addition to money, I also have the status of a husband, son, father and guardian. This makes me meaningful, necessary, useful, and isn't that why we are here?" (YouTube, 26 May 2019)

Ukrainian Order of Merit (2019)
Honoured Master of Sport of International Class in Ukraine (2017)