# Biathlon European Championships 2010

The 17th Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from March 2 to March 7, 2010.
There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.
| Date | Event |
| March 2 | U26 Men's 20 km individual |
| March 2 | U26 Women's 15 km individual |
| March 2 | U21 Men's 20 km individual |
| March 2 | U21 Women's 15 km individual |
| March 4 | U26 Men's 4*7.5 km relay |
| March 4 | U21 Women's 4*6 km relay |
| March 4 | U21 2*6+2*7.5 km mixed relay |
| March 6 | U26 Men's 10 km sprint |
| March 6 | U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| March 6 | U21 Men's 10 km sprint |
| March 6 | U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint |
| March 7 | U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| March 7 | U26 Women's 10 km pursuit |
| March 7 | U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit |
| March 7 | U21 Women's 10 km pursuit |

## Results
### U26
#### Men's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Men's 10 km sprint | Daniel Böhm | Alexey Volkov | Ronny Hafsås |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Alexey Volkov | Erik Lesser | Christoph Knie |
| Men's 20 km individual | Christoph Knie | Oleg Berezhnoy | Alexey Volkov |
| Men's 4*7.5 km relay | Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Christoph Knie | Russia Alexey Volkov Dmitry Malyshko Vladimir Semakov Victor Vasilyev | France Tanguy Roche Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Arnaud Langel Vincent Porret |

#### Women's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Valentina Semerenko | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Vita Semerenko |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Vita Semerenko | Kathrin Hitzer | Ekaterina Shumilova |
| Women's 15 km individual | Kathrin Hitzer | Diana Rasimovičiūtė | Franziska Hildebrand |
| Women's 4*6 km relay | Germany Stefanie Hildebrand Juliane Döll Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer | Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valentina Semerenko Svetlana Krykonchuk Vita Semerenko | Russia Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova |

##### 4 x 6 km Relay

The women's relay competition was held on March 4, 2010.
| Place | Country | Team | Time | Penalties |
| 1 | Germany | Stefanie Hildebrand Juliane Döll Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer | 1:15:15.4 | 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0 |
| 2 | Ukraine | Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Svetlana Krykonchuk Vita Semerenko | +20.4 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 0+2 0+1 - 0+0 |
| 3 | Russia | Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova | +26.4 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+3 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 |
| 4 | Norway | Kaia Woeinen Nicolaisen Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Synnøve Solemdal | +4:04.6 | 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3 |
| 5 | Estonia | Kadri Lehtla Sirli Hanni Elisabeth Juudas Eveli Saue | +5:38.3 | 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+3 - 2+3 0+2 - 0+3 |
| 6 | Sweden | Jenny Jonsson Ingela Andersson Emelie Larsson Elin Mattsson | +5:53.9 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+3 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 |
| 7 | Poland | Paulina Bobak Monika Hojnisz Patrycja Hojnisz Karolina Pitoń | +6:20.7 | 0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+2 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+3 |
| 8 | Belarus | Iryna Babezkaja Karina Savosik Darya Neserchik Darja Jurkewitsch | +6:57.4 | 1+3 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+1 |
| 9 | United States | Annelies Cook Laura Spector Hanah Dreissigacker Susan Dunklee | +7:54.1 | 0+2 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+3 0+0 - 1+3 0+3 - 0+1 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | Barbora Tomešová Miroslava Špácová Lenka Slechtová Jitka Landová | +7:47.2 | 0+3 - 0+3 0+2 - 0+2 0+3 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3 |
| 11 | Finland | Mari Laukkanen Sarianna Repo Laura Toivanen Maiju Pöysti | +10:07.6 | 0+1 - 3+3 0+1 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+3 0+0 - 2+3 |

### U21
#### Men's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Men's 10 km sprint | Maksim Burtasov | Evgeny Petrov | Vladimir Alenishko |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Andriy Vozniak | Maksim Burtasov | Vladimir Alenishko |
| Men's 20 km individual | Andrey Turgenev | Andriy Vozniak | Rémi Borgeot |

#### Women's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Tiril Eckhoff | Anastasia Kalina | Synnøve Solemdal |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Synnøve Solemdal | Anastasia Kalina | Tiril Eckhoff |
| Women's 15 km individual | Monika Hojnisz | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen | Tiril Eckhoff |

#### Mixed

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Mixed 2*6+2*7.5 km relay | France Leslie Mercier Sophie Boilley Yann Guigonnet Rémi Borgeot | Russia Larisa Kuznetsova Anastasia Kalina Evgeny Petrov Maksim Burtasov | Romania Réka Ferencz Diana Mihalache Ștefan Gavrilă Roland Gerbacea |

## Medal table

| No. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |