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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2003 Pidhaitsi, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Vitalii Mandzyn (born 5 April 2003) is a Ukrainian biathlete. He made his Biathlon World Cup debut in 2022. [1]
Career
Vitalii Mandzyn made his international debut at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, where he finished fifth in the sprint and missed out on a medal by less than 20 seconds. He then took part in the 2020 World Youth Championships and finished seventh in the relay and 17th in the pursuit race. Vitalii also competed at the World Youth Championships the following year, but again missed out on the top 10. In the winter of 2021/22, he competed in the IBU Junior Cup and achieved a podium finish with the relay team. Mandzyn won his first medal in the IBU-level in the junior competitions at the 2020 Summer Biathlon World Championships, where he was only beaten by the Czechs Tomáš Mikyska and Jonáš Mareček in the pursuit. His debut in the IBU Cup in Idre at the end of 2022 was a success with 25th and 31st place, meaning that the Ukrainian was immediately invited for the World Cup in Hochfilzen and finished the sprint there in 89th place with four misses. Another podium in the IBU Junior Cup was followed by a bronze medal with Stepan Kinash, Oleksandra Merkushyna and Daryna Chalyk at the 2023 European Junior Championships later in the season.
The summer of 2023 was also successful again, with Mandsyn winning silver in the sprint and bronze in the pursuit at the Summer Biathlon Junior World Championships. In the winter of 2023/24, Mandzyn called up to the squad for the World Cup stage in Oberhof and scored his first World Cup points in the sprint in 31st place despite a shooting miss, which he was able to confirm with 39th place in the pursuit. Vitalii finished his first relay alongside Artem Pryma, Dmytro Pidruchnyi and Anton Dudchenko in 13th place. [2] In 2024, he won silver in the Mass Start 60 at the European Junior Championships and won the overall mass start standings at the IBU Junior Cup. [3] [4] At the World Junior Championships in Otepää, he won a silver medal in the Relay together with Stepan Kinash, Bohdan Borkovskyi and Serhii Suprun. [5]
Personal life
He started biathlon at the age of 11. Before that age, he practised aikido. [6]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
World Cup
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2023–24 | 12 | 76th | — | — | 10 | 60th | 22 | 77th | — | — |
Youth and Junior World Championships
1 medal (1 silver)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 Lenzerheide
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16 | 24th | 23rd | 17th | N/A | 7th | N/A |
2021 Obertilliach
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17 | 20th | 20th | 25th | 10th | ||
2023 Shchuchinsk
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19 | 50th | 21st | 17th | 11th | 9th | |
2024 Otepää
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20 | 19th | 10th | N/A | 4th | Silver | 8th |
References
- ^ "Athlete Statistics - real biathlon". www.realbiathlon.com.
- ^ SPORTARENA.com (2024-01-07). "Норвегія виграла чоловічу естафету в Обергофі, Україна – 13-та". Sportarena.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Проданчук, Оксана. "🥈 Топ! Мандзин здобув срібло у масстарті на юніорському ЧЄ з біатлону". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Шовкопляс, Ярослав. "💪🇺🇦 Українець Віталій Мандзин вперше виграв Малий кришталевий глобус юніорського Кубка IBU". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Україна здобула "срібло" у чоловічій естафеті на юніорському чемпіонаті світу з біатлону". sport.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Честних, Тимур. "Віталій Мандзин: «Моя старша сестра ходила на біатлон. Якось вона принесла гільзу. Мені так стало цікаво, що захотів спробувати»". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
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Mandzyn in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ukrainian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2003 Pidhaitsi, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vitalii Mandzyn (born 5 April 2003) is a Ukrainian biathlete. He made his Biathlon World Cup debut in 2022. [1]
Career
Vitalii Mandzyn made his international debut at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, where he finished fifth in the sprint and missed out on a medal by less than 20 seconds. He then took part in the 2020 World Youth Championships and finished seventh in the relay and 17th in the pursuit race. Vitalii also competed at the World Youth Championships the following year, but again missed out on the top 10. In the winter of 2021/22, he competed in the IBU Junior Cup and achieved a podium finish with the relay team. Mandzyn won his first medal in the IBU-level in the junior competitions at the 2020 Summer Biathlon World Championships, where he was only beaten by the Czechs Tomáš Mikyska and Jonáš Mareček in the pursuit. His debut in the IBU Cup in Idre at the end of 2022 was a success with 25th and 31st place, meaning that the Ukrainian was immediately invited for the World Cup in Hochfilzen and finished the sprint there in 89th place with four misses. Another podium in the IBU Junior Cup was followed by a bronze medal with Stepan Kinash, Oleksandra Merkushyna and Daryna Chalyk at the 2023 European Junior Championships later in the season.
The summer of 2023 was also successful again, with Mandsyn winning silver in the sprint and bronze in the pursuit at the Summer Biathlon Junior World Championships. In the winter of 2023/24, Mandzyn called up to the squad for the World Cup stage in Oberhof and scored his first World Cup points in the sprint in 31st place despite a shooting miss, which he was able to confirm with 39th place in the pursuit. Vitalii finished his first relay alongside Artem Pryma, Dmytro Pidruchnyi and Anton Dudchenko in 13th place. [2] In 2024, he won silver in the Mass Start 60 at the European Junior Championships and won the overall mass start standings at the IBU Junior Cup. [3] [4] At the World Junior Championships in Otepää, he won a silver medal in the Relay together with Stepan Kinash, Bohdan Borkovskyi and Serhii Suprun. [5]
Personal life
He started biathlon at the age of 11. Before that age, he practised aikido. [6]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
World Cup
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2023–24 | 12 | 76th | — | — | 10 | 60th | 22 | 77th | — | — |
Youth and Junior World Championships
1 medal (1 silver)
| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2020 Lenzerheide
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16 | 24th | 23rd | 17th | N/A | 7th | N/A |
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2021 Obertilliach
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17 | 20th | 20th | 25th | 10th | ||
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2023 Shchuchinsk
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19 | 50th | 21st | 17th | 11th | 9th | |
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2024 Otepää
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20 | 19th | 10th | N/A | 4th | Silver | 8th |
References
- ^ "Athlete Statistics - real biathlon". www.realbiathlon.com.
- ^ SPORTARENA.com (2024-01-07). "Норвегія виграла чоловічу естафету в Обергофі, Україна – 13-та". Sportarena.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Проданчук, Оксана. "🥈 Топ! Мандзин здобув срібло у масстарті на юніорському ЧЄ з біатлону". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Шовкопляс, Ярослав. "💪🇺🇦 Українець Віталій Мандзин вперше виграв Малий кришталевий глобус юніорського Кубка IBU". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Україна здобула "срібло" у чоловічій естафеті на юніорському чемпіонаті світу з біатлону". sport.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Честних, Тимур. "Віталій Мандзин: «Моя старша сестра ходила на біатлон. Якось вона принесла гільзу. Мені так стало цікаво, що захотів спробувати»". ua.tribuna.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-03-22.