# Biathlon European Championships 2015

The 22nd Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from January 28 to February 3, 2015.
There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for Open and Junior, relay races for Open and a mixed relay for junior.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.
| Date | Time | Event |
| January 28 | 10:00 | Junior Women's individual |
| January 28 | 13:30 | Junior Men's individual |
| January 29 | 10:00 | Women's individual |
| January 29 | 13:30 | Men's individual |
| January 30 | 10:00 | Junior Women's sprint |
| January 30 | 13:00 | Junior Men's sprint |
| January 31 | 10:00 | Women's sprint |
| January 31 | 13:00 | Men's sprint |
| February 1 | 09:30 | Junior Women's pursuit |
| February 1 | 10:45 | Women's pursuit |
| February 1 | 13:00 | Men's pursuit |
| February 1 | 14:15 | Junior Men's pursuit |
| February 2 | 11:00 | Junior Mixed relay |
| February 3 | 09:00 | Women's relay |
| February 3 | 12:00 | Men's relay |

## Results
### Men's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's 20 km Individual details | Alexey Volkov Russia | 53.23.2 (0+0+0+2) | Serhiy Semenov Ukraine | 54.28.8 (1+2+1+0) | Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria | 54.54.4 (0+0+2+2) |
| Men's 10 km Sprint details | Alexey Slepov Russia | 22.38.0 (0+0) | Lars Helge Birkeland Norway | 22.52.5 (0+1) | Antonin Guigonnat France | 23.15.8 (1+0) |
| Men's 12.5 km Pursuit details | Alexey Slepov Russia | 33.21.0 (1+0+1+1) | Krasimir Anev Bulgaria | 34.05.3 (1+1+0+1) | Anton Babikov Russia | 34.11.7 (0+0+2+2) |
| Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay details | Ukraine Artem Tyshchenko Serhiy Semenov Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi | 1:11:05.1 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) | Norway Håvard Bogetveit Andreas Dahlø Wærnes Vegard Bjørn Gjermundshaug Lars Helge Birkeland | 1:12:02.0 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Belarus Vladimir Chepelin Dmitriy Dyuzhev Dzmitry Abasheu Yuryi Liadov | 1:12:05.2 (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) |
* Russian team (Alexey Volkov, Anton Babikov, Aleksandr Pechenkin, Alexey Slepov) which finished first (1:10:50.9), later was disqualified because of an anti-doping rule violation by Aleksandr Pechenkin. The medals were reallocated accordingly.

### Women's

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Women's 15 km individual details | Luminița Pișcoran Romania | 51.15.7 (1+3+1+0) | Christina Rieder Austria | 51:36.3 (1+0+1+1) | Ekaterina Yurlova Russia | 52:03.2 (0+4+1+2) |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint details | Coline Varcin France | 20:26.4 (0+0) | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Poland | 20:36.1 (0+1) | Ekaterina Shumilova Russia | 20:36.5 (1+0) |
| Women's 10 km pursuit details | Ekaterina Shumilova Russia | 33.07.4 (0+0+2+0) | Iryna Varvynets Ukraine | 33:39.3 (0+0+2+0) | Ekaterina Yurlova Russia | 34:01.5 (0+1+1+1) |
| Women's 4 x 6 km relay details | Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Natalya Burdyga Valentina Semerenko Iryna Varvynets | 1:09:58.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | Germany Annika Knoll Tina Bachmann Maren Hammerschmidt Karolin Horchler | 1:10:17.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | France Anaïs Chevalier Chloé Chevalier Julia Simon Coline Varcin | 1:10:19.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) |

### Junior
#### Men's

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 10 km sprint | Fabien Claude | Eduard Latypov | Aleksandr Dediukhin |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Eduard Latypov | Rene Zahkna | Alexander Povarnitsyn |
| Men's 20 km individual | Aristide Bègue | Rene Zahkna | Maksym Ivko |

#### Women's

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Anastasiya Merkushyna | Dunja Zdouc | Uliana Kaisheva |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Anastasiya Merkushyna | Uliana Kaisheva | Dunja Zdouc |
| Women's 15 km individual | Victoria Slivko | Dunja Zdouc | Yuliya Zhuravok |

#### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 km relay | Russia Uliana Kaisheva Victoria Slivko Dmitrii Shamaev Alexander Povarnitsyn | France Emily Battendier Lena Arnaud Aristide Bègue Fabien Claude | Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Yuliya Zhuravok Maksym Ivko Anton Myhda |