Rastorgujevs at European Championships in 2017.
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Alūksne, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union |
27 May 1988 |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||
Professional information | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 5 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 (2010, 2014) | |||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) | |||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 8 (2009/10–) | |||||||||||||||
Individual podiums | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 22 March 2015. |
Andrejs Rastorgujevs (born 27 May 1988) is a Latvian biathlete.
His debut in the Biathlon World Cup was a rather unsuccessful one. 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.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.