Yuliia DZHIMA

Ukraine
Biathlon
19 Sep 1990
31
Female
KYIV
 
USSR
KYIV
 
Ukraine

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BTH Biathlon Women's 15km Individual 10
Women's 7.5km Sprint 8
Women's 10km Pursuit 13
Women's 12.5km Mass Start 7
Women's 4x6km Relay
UKR
Ukraine
 7
Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)
UKR
Ukraine
 13

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Women's 15km Individual
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Women's 7.5km Sprint
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Women's 10km Pursuit
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Women's 4x6km Relay
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
Women's 12.5km Mass Start
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
14 × 6 kilometres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
7Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
715 kilometres2014Sochi, RUS
11Women's 4 × 6 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
20Women's 15 kilometres2018PyeongChang, KOR
2112.5 kilometres Mass Start2014Sochi, RUS
397.5 kilometres Sprint2014Sochi, RUS
DNS10 kilometres Pursuit2014Sochi, RUS
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's 4x6km Relay2017Hochfilzen, AUT
2Women's 4x6km Relay2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
3Women's 4x6km Relay2021Pokljuka, SLO
3Women's 4x6km Relay2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
3Women's 4x6km Relay2019Oestersund, SWE
5Women's 4x6km Relay2016Oslo, NOR
5Women's 4x6km Relay2015Kontiolahti, FIN
6Women's 12.5km Mass Start2017Hochfilzen, AUT
9Women's 15km Individual2017Hochfilzen, AUT
9Women's 10km Pursuit2016Oslo, NOR
12Women's 15km Individual2019Oestersund, SWE
13Women's 15km Individual2013Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
19Women's 10km Pursuit2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
22Women's 7.5km Sprint2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
22Women's 7.5km Sprint2017Hochfilzen, AUT
22Women's 15km Individual2016Oslo, NOR
23Women's 10km Pursuit2017Hochfilzen, AUT
25Women's 10km Pursuit2021Pokljuka, SLO
25Women's 12.5km Mass Start2016Oslo, NOR
31Women's 7.5km Sprint2016Oslo, NOR
32Women's 15km Individual2021Pokljuka, SLO
37Women's 7.5km Sprint2021Pokljuka, SLO
37Women's 15km Individual2020Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
38Women's 15km Individual2015Kontiolahti, FIN
39Women's 7.5km Sprint2012Ruhpolding, GER
48Women's 10km Pursuit2012Ruhpolding, GER
54Women's 7.5km Sprint2019Oestersund, SWE
DNSWomen's 10km Pursuit2019Oestersund, SWE
World Cup
RankEventSeason
2Women's Individual2017/18
4Women's Individual2020/21
4Women's Mass Start2016/17
6Women's Individual2018/19
8Women's Total2016/17
8Women's Individual2016/17
9Women's Pursuit2016/17
10Women's Individual2019/20
11Women's Total2017/18
12Women's Sprint2017/18
13Women's Sprint2016/17
13Women's Total2015/16
13Women's Pursuit2015/16
15Women's Sprint2015/16
15Women's Mass Start2015/16
16Women's Sprint2020/21
17Women's Total2020/21
17Women's Pursuit2017/18
17Women's Individual2015/16
19Women's Mass Start2017/18
20Women's Pursuit2020/21
26Women's Mass Start2020/21
36Women's Total2019/20
37Women's Pursuit2019/20
37Women's Total2018/19
38Women's Mass Start2018/19
41Women's Sprint2019/20
43Women's Mass Start2019/20
49Women's Sprint2018/19
60Women's Pursuit2018/19
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Valyushka, Jimmy

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Painting, music.

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Athlete, Coach, Student

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Journalism - Sumy State University (UKR)

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Father, Valentyn. Mother, Nina

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Ukrainian, Russian, English

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Armed Forces Sports Society, Kyiv / Voskhod

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National: Uros Velepec (SLO), Aleksandr Kravchenko (UKR)
Personal: Uros Velepec (SLO)

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Father Valentyn Dzhima (Biathlon): Lillehammer 1994 Olympian. Competed on the World Cup from 1992-1995, appearing at two World Championships (1993, 1995). Relay bronze medallist at the 1995 European Championships in Le Grand-Bornand.

Mother Nina (Biathlon): Master of Sport in Ukraine.

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Cross-country skiing: Won regional youth competitions.

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2010 IBU Cup in Beitostolen (Sprint - 33rd, 22nd)
2012 World Cup in Oberhof (Relay - 8th, Sprint - 33th)

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2016: Periodical lung problems. Full examination in Slovenia, where the cause was identified. Recovered after high-quality treatment.

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2009

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Started biathlon in 2003 at the Voskhod sports school in Kyiv.

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"As I liked painting, I was always with paints and in paints. My mother got worried about my health, she was telling me that I was pale, often got sick and that it's necessary to introduce me to sports. Once my father met [coach] Oleksandr Kravchenko who worked at a sports school, and I was sent to training at once." (biathlon.com.ua, 3 Dec 2012)

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Win another Olympic medal before retiring, hopefully, an individual one. (sport.ua, 19 Sep 2020)

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Trained separately from the national team. Continued to work with former national coach Uros Velepec (SLO) who returned to Slovenia. Training with the Slovenian team allowed her to better prepare for the season having no problems with travelling to international competitions during the pandemic. (sport.ua, 19 Sep 2020)

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Her first podium finish, after winning individual bronze at the 2009 Junior European Championships in Ufa. "I couldn't even believe it. It was a lot of emotions and impressions. After this prize, I realised what a pedestal is, I liked it, and I understood what I was running for." (biathlon.com.ua, 3 Dec 2012)

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Eight-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist and 20-time World Champion, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR). "I always dreamed of meeting him. A very nice and open person, he even came up to congratulate me on a prize. I could hardly contain my emotions." (sport.ua, 17 Feb 2014)

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"When everyone says that nothing will work out, then I want to prove, first of all to myself, that you can still do it, that it will work out anyway." (biathlon.com.ua, 3 Dec 2012)

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Order of Princess Olga (2021)
Order of Merits, III Degree (2017)
Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine (2017)
Order of Merits, II Degree (2014)

General Interest

PYEONGCHANG 2018
At the beginning of the Games, the President of the Biathlon Federation of Ukraine said that Dzhima would not be entered into the sprint or pursuit, but would focus on the individual and mass start. However, she missed the quota for the mass start by one, after the quota was reduced. (24smi.org, 2021)

SCANDAL
In 2018, teammate Valentina Semerenko accused the coaching staff of favouritism, selecting relay athletes with lower results than her. She also claimed that Dzhima had an affair with their head coach Uros Velepec (SLO), who is 23 years her senior, even living in the same room at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

As a result, Dzhima threatened to retire, so in April 2018, they explored alternate training options, including training with the Slovenian national team, now headed by Velepec. In May, Dzhima announced she would follow Velepec to Slovenia, but gave no definitive comment regarding the suggested relationship. (24smi.org, 2021)

SPEAKING
Has a speech impediment (stammers). Rarely speaks in English at press conferences, preferring to communicate in Ukrainian or Russian. (24smi.org, 2021)

STAMPS
Their relay victory at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games was commemorated in Ukraine by a set of stamps showing the team and its members.

CHILDHOOD
Tried dancing and singing at first, but she was assessed to have no talent. She then started clay modelling, but only when she started drawing, was invited to attend an art school. She subsequently attended a math-oriented school, but continued to paint and had junior exhibitions.

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Milestones

Two-time Olympian. Youngest member of the relay team that won Ukraine's first gold medal in biathlon (23 years 155 days).

Eight consecutive World Championship appearances (2012-2021), win a relay medal in five of the past seven races. Missed out on a mixed relay medal in 2021 (Pokljuka), finishing 0.5 seconds behind Sweden. Has three individual top-10 finishes, with a sixth in the 2017 mass start her best result.

Competing in the World Cup since 2012, her best result was eighth in 2016/17. The following season, she finished the individual second overall, five points behind Nadezhda Skardino (BLR). Had her only individual victory in December 2018, finishing 5.9 seconds ahead of Monika Hojnisz (POL) in the Pokljuka individual.

Five-time European Championship gold medallist, with four titles in relays. Won the sprint at the 2017 championship in Duszniki Zdroj, where she also won a silver (pursuit) and bronze (mixed relay).
Legend
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