Valj Semerenko

Full name

Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko

Born

18 January 1986
Sumy, Ukraine

Height

160

Ski club

Dynamo

Personal best

World Cup career

Seasons

2005–

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Medal record

Women's biathlon
Competitor for Ukraine
Olympic Games
	2014 Sochi	4 x 6 km relay
World Championships
	2015 Kontiolahti	12.5 km mass start
	2008 Östersund	4 x 6 km relay
	2013 Nové Město	4 x 6 km relay
	2013 Nové Město	15 km individual
	2015 Kontiolahti	7.5 km sprint
European Championships
	2008 Nové Město	4 x 6 km relay
	2009 Ufa	4 x 6 km relay
	2010 Otepää	7.5 km sprint
	2011 Ridanna	4 x 6 km relay
	2012 Osrblie	4 x 6 km relay
	2015 Otepää	4 x 6 km relay
	2010 Otepää	4 x 6 km relay
	2012 Osrblie	7.5 km sprint
	2012 Osrblie	10 km pursuit
	2007 Bansko	4 x 6 km relay
Junior World Championships
	2005 Kontiolahti	Girl's relay

Valentyna Oleksandrivna Semerenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Олександрівна Семеренко), known also as Valya Semerenko ( listen ) and featuring in statistics as Valj Semerenko (born 18 January 1986) is a Ukrainian biathlete.

Career

She represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1] She won the silver medal in 4×6 km relay event at the Biathlon World Championships 2008.

Together with Juliya Dzhyma, Vita Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.^[2]

Biathlete Vita is her twin sister.^[2]

Performances

Level	Year	Event	IN	SP	PU	MS	RL	MRL
JBWCH	2004	Maurienne, France	40	31	33		8
EBCH	2005	Novosibirsk, Russia	10	7	7		3
JBWCH	2005	Kontiolahti, Finland	45	15	15		2
OLY	2006	Torino, Italy	46
EBCH	2006	Langdorf, Germany	11	1	2		4
BWCH	2007	Rasen-Antholz, Italy	36				9
EBCH	2007	Bansko, Bulgaria		14	DNS		2
BWCH	2008	Östersund, Sweden	32	16	20	18	2
EBCH	2008	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic					1
BWCH	2009	Pyeongchang, South Korea	26	15	38	16	DNF	11
EBCH	2009	Ufa, Russia	5				1
OLY	2010	Vancouver, Canada	13	23	23	19	6
EBCH	2010	Otepää, Estonia		1	DNS		2
EBCH	2011	Ridanna, Italy					1
BWCH	2011	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia	11	10	24	16	DSQ
EBCH	2012	Osrblie, Slovakia	DNS	2	2		1
BWCH	2012	Ruhpolding, Germany	49	57	DNF		6
BWCH	2013	Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic	3	22	43	DNF	2
OLY	2014	Sochi, Russia	19	12	5	12	1
EBCH	2015	Otepää, Estonia					1
BWCH	2015	Kontiolahti, Finland	15	3	19	1	6
BWCH	2016	Oslo, Norway						4

World Cup

Podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2008–09	Oberhof, Germany	Relay	1
2010–11	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	2
2010–11	Presque Isle, United States	Sprint	3
2012–13	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	2
2012–13	Oberhof, Germany	Relay	1
2012–13	Oberhof, Germany	Pursuit	3
2012–13	Sochi, Russia	Relay	2
2013–14	Östersund, Sweden	Mixed relay	3
2013–14	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	1
2013–14	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	3
2013–14	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France	Relay	2
2013–14	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France	Sprint	3
2013–14	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France	Pursuit	1
2014–15	Östersund, Sweden	Individual	3
2014–15	Östersund, Sweden	Pursuit	2
2014–15	Pokljuka, Slovenia	Sprint	3
2014–15	Pokljuka, Slovenia	Pursuit	3
2014–15	Antholz, Italy	Relay	3
2014–15	Nové Město, Czech Republic	Mixed relay	3
2015–16	Hochfilzen, Austria	Relay	3
2015–16	Ruhpolding, Germany	Relay	1

Positions

Season	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass starts	TOTAL
	Position (scores)	Position (scores)	Position (scores)	Position (scores)	Position (scores)
2006–07	26 (32)	53 (20)	55 (8)		47 (60)
2007–08	37 (14)	28 (83)	28 (58)	30 (35)	28 (190)
2008–09	25 (56)	30 (105)	33 (61)	14 (115)	24 (349)
2009–10	8 (102)	19 (195)	14 (125)	20 (97)	14 (538)
2010–11	2 (159)	14 (240)	12 (161)	14 (127)	11 (678)
2011–12	29 (32)	25 (129)	21 (122)	23 (73)	22 (356)
2012–13	9 (86)	21 (160)	25 (107)	23 (85)	20 (438)
2013–14	8 (59)	10 (186)	6 (233)	13 (75)	8 (553)
2014–15	11 (74)	5 (328)	3 (255)	2 (210)	3 (865)

Winter Olympics

Stamps of Ukraine, 2014

Year	Location	Competition	Placement
2014	Sochi, Russia	Relay	1

References

↑ "Valj Semerenko, Biathlon". Vancouver 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
1 2 "Valj Semerenko". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

External links

Olympic champions in women's biathlon – 4 × 6 km relay

3 × 7.5 km	1992: France (Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel, Anne Briand)

4 × 7.5 km	1994: Russia (Nadezhda Talanova, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova, Anfisa Reztsova) 1998: Germany (Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel, Petra Behle) 2002: Germany (Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm)

4 × 6 km	2006: Russia (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva, Albina Akhatova) 2010: Russia (Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva, Olga Zaitseva) 2014: Ukraine (Vita Semerenko, Juliya Dzhyma, Valj Semerenko, Olena Pidhrushna)

World champions in women's biathlon – 12.5 km mass start

1999: Olena Zubrilova (UKR)
2000: Liv Grete Skjelbreid (NOR)
2001: Magdalena Forsberg (SWE)
2002: Olena Zubrilova (UKR)
2003: Albina Akhatova (RUS)
2004: Liv Grete Poirée (NOR)
2005: Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (NOR)
2007: Andrea Henkel (GER)
2008: Magdalena Neuner (GER)
2009: Olga Zaitseva (RUS)
2011: Magdalena Neuner (GER)
2012: Tora Berger (NOR)
2013: Darya Domracheva (BLR)
2015: Valj Semerenko (UKR)
2016: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)

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