Darya BLASHKO

Ukraine

Biathlon

Date of Birth: 28 Jan 1996

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: NOVOPOLOTSK

Birth Country:

Belarus

Residence: CHERNIHIV

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Biathlon	Women's 15km Individual	DNS

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 15km Individual	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's 4x6km Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
4	Single Mixed Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
14	Women's 7.5km Sprint	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
24	Women's 10km Pursuit	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
29	Women's 12.5km Mass Start	2021	Pokljuka, SLO

World Cup
Rank	Event	Season
24	Women's Pursuit	2020/21
26	Women's Sprint	2020/21
31	Women's Total	2020/21
41	Women's Mass Start	2020/21
41	Women's Individual	2019/20
47	Women's Individual	2020/21
47	Women's Mass Start	2019/20
51	Women's Pursuit	2019/20
60	Women's Total	2019/20
75	Women's Sprint	2019/20

Nickname:

Dasha, Daria Jr.

Hobbies:

Investments, baking, travelling.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Law - Belarusian State University (Minsk)
National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine (Kiev)

Family:

Mother, Svetlana.

Languages spoken:

Russian, Belarusian, English

Club name:

Dynamo Kyiv

Coach:

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

Debut:

For Belarus:
2015 IBU Cup in Ridnaun (Sprint - 55th, Pursuit - 27th)
2016 World Cup in Canmore (Sprint - 48th, Single Mixed Relay - 19th)

For Ukraine:
2019 IBU Cup in Martell (Sprint - 37th/17th, Mass Start - 34th)
2019 World Cup in Oestersund (Mixed Relay - 15th, Sprint - 42nd, Individual - 21st, Relay - 9th)

Injuries:

January 2020: Suffered from illness. Missed most of the second half of the World Cup season. "We really did a lot of medical examinations. As a result, some nuances were revealed, but they were not critical. Most likely, it was more psychosomatics than somatic issues." (sport.tut.by, 25 Feb 2021)

National team:

2017

Start:

Started biathlon in 2006 in her hometown Novopolotsk, Belarus.

Training:

"In the Olympic year, I don't want to take risks again and do not want to radically change something in my preparation." (sport.ua, 5 Jun 2021)

Memorable:

Winning relay bronze at the 2021 World Championship in Pokljuka. "After the finish, I don't remember any thoughts. Almost a week has passed, and no thoughts. Probably, my condition could be described in two words - fatigue and joy. Almost autopilot." (sport.tut.by, 25 Feb 2021)

Philosophy:

"You win today, it is impossible to be sure that tomorrow will not cost you." (effenergy.ru)

Award:

For Work and Victory Medal
Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine

General Interest

MOTTO
“Change what you can change in your life. Seek the strength to accept what you cannot change, and ask for wisdom to distinguish one from the other.” (2022 UKR media guide)

SWITCHING NATIONALITY
In 2017, she saw little chance of advancement in the Belarusian team and felt that she was not supported enough financially. There was also a conflict over the role of her long-time coach Vladimir Makhlaev. Received Ukrainian citizenship in September 2017 and trained with the Ukrainian national team from winter 2017/18, with Makhlaev continuing to accompany her as a personal supervisor.

The Belarusian association did not waive the two-year suspension, as per IBU regulations, resulting in Blashko not being allowed to compete internationally until March 2019. During this period, she successfully participated in local and national competitions in Ukraine. Debuted for Ukraine in March 2019 at the IBU Cup in Martell.

"The first year passed quickly. I did not feel it at all. Everything, probably, took place in a fog, and I did not understand a lot, did not realise. The second one was more difficult. And this does not concern preparation, but the competitive period. I looked at the races from the side and realised that I could perform well, and it was all absolutely real. To be honest, somewhere in the depths of my soul there was a hope that Belarus would suddenly lift the quarantine from me, but this did not work out." (sport.ua, 28 May 2019)

LIFE IN UKRAINE
"I live in Chernihiv and I am registered in Tetiiv. But Chernihiv is 300km closer to Novopolotsk (Belarus), where my parents live, so I live there. Although I really like both cities. In Chernihiv, most of the population speaks Russian, although I hand over my work at the National University of Physical Education and Sports in Ukrainian. This is required by the law, but for me, it is not a big deal due to my knowledge of Belarusian." (sport.ua, 26 Feb 2021)

CHILDHOOD
Trained at SDYUSHOR-2 (Specialized Children and Youth School of Olympic Reserve No. 2) in Novopolotsk, and the Vitebsk State School of Olympic Reserve in Belarus.

Milestones

Relay bronze medallist at the 2021 World Championships in Pokljuka, finishing 0.4 seconds behind silver medallists Germany.

First complete World Cup season in 2020/21, finishing 31st overall, the second-best result in the Ukrainian team, behind Yuliia Dzhima. The season included six top-20 individual finishes and nine top-10 placings in the relays.

Sprint bronze medallist at the 2019 Summer World Championship in Minsk.

IBU Junior Cup Overall Crystal Globe winner in 2016, also finishing first in the sprint, which included four podiums in six races.

Dual gold medallist at the 2015 Youth World Championships in Minsk, in the sprint and relay.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
DNS:: Did Not Start

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