Oleksander Zhyrnyi (born 25 February 1987) is a Russian (until 2014 and since 2018) and Ukrainian (2014–2018) biathlete.
Career He wasn't very successful in Russian team, so he moved to Ukraine in 2014. He made his World Cup debut at the 2014–15 in Östersund, Sweden, on 6 December 2014. After that he became a regular member of Ukrainian team.
He moved back to Russia in the summer of 2018.
Performances Level Year Event IN SP PU MS RL MRL EBCH (RUS) 2012 Osrblie, Slovakia 13 3 EBCH (UKR) 2015 Otepää, Estonia 32 34 BWCH (UKR) 2015 Kontiolahti, Finland 48 44 9 Notes (RUS) – as a representer of Russia (UKR) – as a representer of Ukraine
World Cup Positions Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass starts Total 2014–15 59 79 72 78
References
External links Biathlon.com.ua IBU Datacenter