Andrejs Rastorgujevs

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Andrejs Rastorgujevs
File:Rastorgujevs A. – Biathlon 2023 Nove Mesto 4254.jpg
Rastorgujevs in 2023
Personal information
Born (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 37)
Alūksne, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut5 December 2009
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams12
Medals1
World Cup
Seasons12 (2009/10–)
Individual podiums2
All podiums3
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Nové Město 15 km mass start
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nové Město 20 km individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ridnaun 10 km sprint
Disqualified 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój 20 km individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Raubichi 10 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nové Město 10 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój 12.5 km pursuit
Updated on 20 March 2023

Andrejs Rastorgujevs (born 27 May 1988) is a Latvian biathlete. He has participated in three Winter Olympics, and has two individual and one relay Biathlon World Cup podium.

Career

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Andrejs Rastorgujevs is a biathlete from Latvia. In the first event of 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund he participated in 10 km sprint, where he finished 47th, but later on he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane.[1] 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup was the breakthrough season for Rastorgujevs, finishing the season 36th overall. Next year he finished the season 16th overall, while earning four Top 6 finishes.

After finishing fourth four times during his career, during the last race of 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup he finally won his first podium, finishing second at the 15 km mass start in Oslo.

Rastorgujevs took part also at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 50th at the sprint and 58th at the pursuit.

Rastorgujevs served an 18 month competition ban from March 2021 to September 2022 for an anti-doping rule violation in relation to whereabouts failures.[2][3] All of his results were disqualified from 1 July 2020 including his gold medal in the 20km sprint at the 2021 IBU Open European Championships. Rastorgujevs appealed the decision, but this was rejected in August 2022.[4]

On 5 March 2023 Rastorgujevs and Baiba Bendika placed third, in the BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě, in the Single Mixed Relays and earned a first-ever Relay podium for Latvia.

On 18 February 2024 Rastorgujevs won a silver medal in the 15-kilometer mass start at the Biathlon World Championships 2024 in Nove Mesto, winning his biggest success in his career and also in the history of Latvian biathlon.

Career results

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Olympics

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver — 50th 58th — 19th
Russia 2014 Sochi 33rd 17th 9th 14th —
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 59th 24th 12th 28th —

World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 43rd 66th — — 14th — —
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 68th 83rd — — LPD —
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 50th 65th — — LPD —
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 48th 42nd 25th — LPD —
Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 59th 20th 27th 26th LPD —
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 56th 57th 37th — 22nd LPD
Sweden 2019 Östersund 13th 14th 6th 25th LPD — 10th
Italy 2020 Rasen-Antholz 22nd 70th — — LPD — 17th
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 15th 10th —
Germany 2023 Oberhof 56th 7th 9th 5th 18th — 19th
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město 4th 12th 19th Silver 16th — 8th

World Cup

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Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2009–10 — — — — — — — — — —
2010–11 — — 40 56th 6 80th — — 46 71st
2011–12 14 52nd 11 81st 8 74th — — 33 76th
2012–13 43 24th 85 42nd 88 34th 13 45th 229 36th
2013–14 23 34th 138 21st 191 11th 93 7th 445 16th
2014–15 19 44th 186 19th 93 27th 72 26th 370 27th
2015–16 — — 161 19th 151 18th 82 24th 394 20th
2016–17 38 27th 160 16th 171 19th 76 26th 445 21st
2017–18 60 6th 224 5th 134 19th 63 28th 481 13th
2018–19 46 21st 139 22nd 122 24th 88 21st 395 20th
2019–20 48 23rd 100 26th 51 31st 27 33rd 226 29th
2022–23 56 22nd 136 19th 73 30th 84 19th 349 22nd
*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.[5]

European Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2007 Bansko, Bulgaria 32nd 8th 16th
2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic 28th 30th 31st
2009 Ufa, Russia 8th
2010 Otepää, Estonia 15th 49th
2011 Ridanna, Italy 4th 8th 7th
2012 Osrblie, Slovakia 27th 5th 5th
2013 Bansko, Bulgaria 4th DNS
2014 Nové Město, Czech Republic Gold Bronze
2015 Otepää, Estonia DNF 10th 10th
2017 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland 20th 4th Bronze
2018 Ridnaun, Italy Gold
2019 Raubichi, Belarus 24th 8th 5th
2020 Raubichi, Belarus 9th Silver 10th
2021 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland Disqualified 22nd
2023 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 33rd 4th 4th
2024 Osrblie, Slovakia 9th 4th 13th

At the 2021 European Championships, Rastorgujevs was placed 1st in the 20km individual sprint and received the gold medal, but his result was later disqualified.

World Cup record

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Individual podiums

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No. Season Date Location Race Place
1 2016–17  19 March 2017 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen Mass Start 2nd
2 2017–18  8 March 2018 Finland Kontiolahti Sprint 2nd
3 2024–25  15 January 2025 Germany Ruhpolding Individual 3rd

Relay podiums

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No. Season Date Location Race Place Teammate(s)
1 2022–23 5 March 2023 Czech Republic Nové Město Single Mixed Relay 3rd Bendika

Shooting

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Shooting 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2020–21 2022–23
Prone position 56% 82% 84% TBD 91% 80% 92% 87% 76% 81% 86%
Standing position 62% 73% 81% TBD 76% 76% 72% 69% 78% 77% 72%
Total 59% 78% 82% TBD 83% 78% 82% 78% 77% 79% 79%

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