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Belarusian biathlete (born 1991)

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Iryna Leshchanka

Leshchanka at the 2018 Olympics

Personal information

Born

(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33)
Syanno, Soviet Union

Height

160 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Sport

Coached by

Vasili Leshchenko

Professional information

Sport

Biathlon

Olympic Games

Teams

1 (2018)

Medals

1 (1 gold)

World Championships

Teams

4 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

Medal record

Representing Belarus

Olympic Games
	2018 Pyeongchang	4 × 6 km relay
Junior World Championships
	2012 Kontiolahti	10 km pursuit
Youth World Championships
	2009 Canmore	3 × 6 km relay
	2010 Torsby	3 × 6 km relay
European Championships
	2014 Nové Město	4 x 6 km relay
	2019 Raubichi	10 km pursuit
	2014 Nové Město	15 km individual
	2019 Raubichi	15 km individual
	2020 Raubichi	7.5 km sprint

Iryna Leshchanka (Belarusian: Ірына Лешчанка; Russian: Ирина Валерьевна Лещенко; née Kryuko, born 30 July 1991) is a Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics. She also competed in the 2014/15 world cup season and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti.

Leshchanka's parents divorced soon after her birth; hence she and her younger brother Victor were raised by their mother. Iryna took up biathlon at age 11, by chance – after their house burned down in a fire, the family moved to a dormitory next to a biathlon training base. Her brother followed her and also became an international biathlon competitor. Iryna debuted internationally at the 2009 World Junior Championships, placing fourth individually. In 2011 she was included in the senior national team.

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang	36th	17th	17th	26th	Gold	—
2022 Beijing	41st	60th	20th	—	13th	—

World Championships

0 medals

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay	Single mixed relay
2015 Kontiolahti	19th	—	—	—	6th	—	—
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen	64th	66th	—	—	18th	9th
2017 Hochfilzen	14th	36th	45th	—	9th	22nd
2019 Östersund	62nd	26th	33rd	24th	11th	—	—
2020 Antholz	30th	52nd	49th	—	13th	12th	—
2021 Pokljuka	—	75th	—	—	4th	—	12th

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

World Cup

Individual podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2017–18	Annecy, France	Mass Start	2

Relay podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2014–15	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	2
2020–21	Oberhof, Germany	Relay	2
2020–21	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic	Relay	2

References

^ КРИВКО Ирина Валерьевна. noc.by
^ Ирина Кривко. biathlon.com.ua
"Iryna Leshchanka". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

External links

v t e Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay
3 × 7.5 km	1992: Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel, Anne Briand (FRA)
4 × 7.5 km	1994: Nadezhda Talanova, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova, Anfisa Reztsova (RUS) 1998: Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle (GER) 2002: Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm (GER)
4 × 6 km	2006: Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva, Albina Akhatova (RUS) 2010: Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 2014: Vita Semerenko, Yuliia Dzhima, Valentyna Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) 2018: Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2022: Linn Persson, Mona Brorsson, Hanna Öberg, Elvira Öberg (SWE)

v t e 2022 Belarus Winter Olympics team
Alpine skiing	Maria Shkanova
Biathlon	Dzinara Alimbekava Elena Kruchinkina Mikita Labastau Dzmitry Lazouski Iryna Leshchanka Anton Smolski Hanna Sola Maksim Varabei
Cross-country skiing	Hanna Karaliova Anastasia Kirillova Yahor Shpuntau Aliaksandr Voranau
Figure skating	Konstantin Milyukov Viktoriia Safonova
Freestyle skiing	Anastasiya Andryianava Anna Derugo Pavel Dzik Maksim Gustik Stanislau Hladchenka Hanna Huskova
Speed skating	Ignat Golovatsiuk Hanna Nifantava Ekaterina Sloeva Yauheniya Varabyova Maryna Zuyeva
Chef de mission: Aleksandr Gagiyev Medalist is shown in bold and flagbearer in italics.

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