Darya Domracheva
2002
Darya Domracheva with her mother Larisa at a school prom. Photo from the family archive.
Volodarskogo st., 6, Tyumen', Tyumen' region, Russia, 625003
Darya Domracheva studied sport management at the University of Tyumen from 2002 to 2003.
Partizansky Ave. 26, Minsk, Belarus
Domracheva graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University in 2009. Six years later, she received her second higher education degree in commercial law.
2010
Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva competes during the Women's sprint in the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Christian Manzoni/NordicFocus.
2011
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
Darya Domracheva takes 3rd place during the IBU World Cup Biathlon Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom.
2011
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
(From left to right) Darya Domracheva takes 2nd place, Magdalena Neuner of Germany takes 1st place, and Tora Berger of Norway takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Championships Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom.
2011
Presque Isle, United States
Darya Domracheva celebrates after the Women's pursuit during the E.ON IBU Biathlon World Cup, Presque Isle, United States. Photo by Christian Manzoni/NordicFocus.
2012
Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva takes 1st place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Sprint, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom.
2012
Darya Domracheva won the Pursuit World Cup overall title for the season 2011/12.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning the Women's 10 km pursuit during day four of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Harry How.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva competes in the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start during day ten of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Harry How.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Streeter Lecka.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
(From left to right) Silver medalist Selina Gasparin of Switzerland, gold medalist Darya Domracheva, and bronze medalist Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony for the Women's 15 km Individual during day 7 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Paul Gilham.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva races in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva at the shooting stage in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva at the shooting stage in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva on her way to a silver medal in the Women's Individual 15 km on day 3 of the IBU World Cup Biathlon, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland lead the pack during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
(From left to right) Franziska Preuss of Germany (2nd place), Darya Domracheva (1st place), and Veronika Vitkova of the Czech Republic (3rd place) celebrate on the podium after the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva on her way to 2nd place in the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Sprint, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty.
2015
Darya Domracheva won the Biathlon World Cup overall title for the season 2014/15. Photo by Alexey Kudenko/RIA News.
2017
Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia celebrates 2nd place, Darya Domracheva celebrates 1st place and Dorothea Wierer of Italy celebrates 3rd place on the podium after the 7.5 km Women's Sprint during the IBU World Cup Biathlon in Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts.
2017
Schüttachstraße 2, 6395 Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Darya Domracheva celebrates silver, Laura Dahlmeier of Germany celebrates gold and Gabriela Koukalova of the Czech Republic celebrates bronze in the Women's 10 km pursuit competition of the IBU World Championships Biathlon at the Biathlon Stadium, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2017
Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Kaisa Makarainen of Finland (2nd place), Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia (1st place), and Darya Domracheva (3rd place) celebrate after the 10 km Women's Pursuit during the IBU World Cup Biathlon, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts.
2017
6395 Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning silver in the Women's 10 km pursuit competition of the IBU World Championships Biathlon at the Biathlon Stadium, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domracheva with a flag as she wins gold during the Women's 4x6 km relay on day 13 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea. Photo by Quinn Rooney.
2018
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
Darya Domracheva takes 1st place, Anastasiya Kuzmina (left) of Slovakia takes 2nd place, and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
(From left to right) Gold medalists Darya Domracheva, Dzinara Alimbekava, Iryna Kryuko, and Nadezhda Skardino of the Belarusian National Biathlon Team celebrate during the medal ceremony for Biathlon Women's 4x6 km Relay on day 14 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, South Korea. Photo by Lars Baron.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
(From left to right) Gold medalists Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava and Darya Domracheva of Belarus celebrate during the medal ceremony for Biathlon Women's 4x6 km Relay on day 14 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Quinn Rooney.
2018
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
(From left to right) Dorothea Wierer of Italy takes 2nd place, Laura Dahlmeier of Germany takes 1st place, and Darya Domracheva takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Pursuit, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domrachva shoots during the Biathlon 2x6 km Women + 2x7.5 km Men Mixed Relay on day 11 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Matthias Hangst.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domracheva shoots prior to the Women's 15 km Individual Biathlon at Alpensia Biathlon Centre on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Adam Pretty.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Silver medalist Darya Domracheva of Belarus celebrates during the victory ceremony for the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon on day 8 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Ezra Shaw.
Darya Domracheva
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning gold medal after crossing the finish line during the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, day ten of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Richard Heathcote.
2010
Vancouver, Canada
Darya Domracheva won a bronze medal for the individual race in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
2011
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Darya Domracheva won a silver medal during the IBU Biathlon World Championships Women's 12.5 km Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom.
2012
Biathlonzentrum 1, 83324 Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva poses with her gold for the Women's 10 km pursuit and her silver for the sprint during the IBU Biathlon World Championships at Chiemgau Arena, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Christian Manzzoni/IBU- Pool.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start on day 11 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Paul Gilham.
2014
Domracheva received the Holmenkollen Medal in 2014.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
Silver medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates during the victory ceremony after the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon on day 9 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Richard Heathcote.
Darya Domracheva was named Hero of Belarus in 2014.
Darya Domracheva received the Order "For Personal Courage" as one of the winners of a gold medal in Women's 4x6 km relay of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games.
The IBU Medal of Honor which Domracheva received in 2018.
2002
Darya Domracheva with her mother Larisa at a school prom. Photo from the family archive.
2010
Vancouver, Canada
Darya Domracheva won a bronze medal for the individual race in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
2010
Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva competes during the Women's sprint in the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Christian Manzoni/NordicFocus.
2011
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Darya Domracheva won a silver medal during the IBU Biathlon World Championships Women's 12.5 km Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom.
2011
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
Darya Domracheva takes 3rd place during the IBU World Cup Biathlon Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom.
2011
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
(From left to right) Darya Domracheva takes 2nd place, Magdalena Neuner of Germany takes 1st place, and Tora Berger of Norway takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Championships Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom.
2011
Presque Isle, United States
Darya Domracheva celebrates after the Women's pursuit during the E.ON IBU Biathlon World Cup, Presque Isle, United States. Photo by Christian Manzoni/NordicFocus.
2012
Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva takes 1st place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Sprint, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom.
2012
Biathlonzentrum 1, 83324 Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva poses with her gold for the Women's 10 km pursuit and her silver for the sprint during the IBU Biathlon World Championships at Chiemgau Arena, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Christian Manzzoni/IBU- Pool.
2012
Darya Domracheva won the Pursuit World Cup overall title for the season 2011/12.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning gold medal after crossing the finish line during the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start, day ten of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Richard Heathcote.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning the Women's 10 km pursuit during day four of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Harry How.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
Darya Domracheva competes in the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start during day ten of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Harry How.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start on day 11 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Paul Gilham.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Streeter Lecka.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Sochi Medals Plaza, Sochi, Russia
Gold medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Biathlon Women's 15 km Individual on day 8 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza. Photo by Al Bello.
2014
Olympic records st., 16, Estosadok, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, 354392
(From left to right) Silver medalist Selina Gasparin of Switzerland, gold medalist Darya Domracheva, and bronze medalist Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony for the Women's 15 km Individual during day 7 of the Sochi Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center. Photo by Paul Gilham.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva races in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva at the shooting stage in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Oberhof, Germany
Darya Domracheva at the shooting stage in the Women's 10 km pursuit event during the IBU Biathlon World Cup, Oberhof, Germany. Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts.
2014
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva on her way to a silver medal in the Women's Individual 15 km on day 3 of the IBU World Cup Biathlon, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2014
Domracheva received the Holmenkollen Medal in 2014.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland lead the pack during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
(From left to right) Franziska Preuss of Germany (2nd place), Darya Domracheva (1st place), and Veronika Vitkova of the Czech Republic (3rd place) celebrate on the podium after the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2015
Ruhpolding, Germany
Darya Domracheva on her way to 2nd place in the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Sprint, Ruhpolding, Germany. Photo by Adam Pretty.
2015
Darya Domracheva won the Biathlon World Cup overall title for the season 2014/15. Photo by Alexey Kudenko/RIA News.
2016
The wedding photo of Darya Domracheva and Ole Einar Björndalen. Photo from Ole Einar Björndalen's Facebook.
2017
Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia celebrates 2nd place, Darya Domracheva celebrates 1st place and Dorothea Wierer of Italy celebrates 3rd place on the podium after the 7.5 km Women's Sprint during the IBU World Cup Biathlon in Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts.
2017
Schüttachstraße 2, 6395 Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Darya Domracheva celebrates silver, Laura Dahlmeier of Germany celebrates gold and Gabriela Koukalova of the Czech Republic celebrates bronze in the Women's 10 km pursuit competition of the IBU World Championships Biathlon at the Biathlon Stadium, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2017
Hochfilzen, Austria
(From left to right) Kaisa Makarainen of Finland (2nd place), Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia (1st place), and Darya Domracheva (3rd place) celebrate after the 10 km Women's Pursuit during the IBU World Cup Biathlon, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts.
2017
6395 Hochfilzen, Austria
Darya Domracheva celebrates winning silver in the Women's 10 km pursuit competition of the IBU World Championships Biathlon at the Biathlon Stadium, Hochfilzen, Austria. Photo by Adam Pretty/Bongarts.
2017
Darya Domracheva with her husband Ole Einar Björndalen and their daughter Xenia. Photo from the official instagram account of Darya Domracheva.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domracheva with a flag as she wins gold during the Women's 4x6 km relay on day 13 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea. Photo by Quinn Rooney.
2018
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
Darya Domracheva takes 1st place, Anastasiya Kuzmina (left) of Slovakia takes 2nd place, and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Mass Start, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
(From left to right) Gold medalists Darya Domracheva, Dzinara Alimbekava, Iryna Kryuko, and Nadezhda Skardino of the Belarusian National Biathlon Team celebrate during the medal ceremony for Biathlon Women's 4x6 km Relay on day 14 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, South Korea. Photo by Lars Baron.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
(From left to right) Gold medalists Nadezhda Skardino, Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava and Darya Domracheva of Belarus celebrate during the medal ceremony for Biathlon Women's 4x6 km Relay on day 14 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Quinn Rooney.
2018
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy
(From left to right) Dorothea Wierer of Italy takes 2nd place, Laura Dahlmeier of Germany takes 1st place, and Darya Domracheva takes 3rd place during the IBU Biathlon World Cup Women's Pursuit, Antholz-Anterselva, Italy. Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom.
2018
Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
Silver medalist Darya Domracheva celebrates during the victory ceremony after the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon on day 9 of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Medal Plaza, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Richard Heathcote.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domrachva shoots during the Biathlon 2x6 km Women + 2x7.5 km Men Mixed Relay on day 11 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Matthias Hangst.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Darya Domracheva shoots prior to the Women's 15 km Individual Biathlon at Alpensia Biathlon Centre on February 15, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Adam Pretty.
2018
Olympic-ro, Daegwalnyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Silver medalist Darya Domracheva of Belarus celebrates during the victory ceremony for the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon on day 8 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Photo by Ezra Shaw.
2018
Moscow, Russian Federation
Darya Domracheva and her husband Ole Einar Björndalen attend the 2018 FIFA World Cup final.
2018
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Domracheva and her husband Ole Einar Björndalen won a bronze medal at the annual Christmas biathlon race in Gelsenkirchen.
2018
Darya Domracheva was awarded the IBU Medal of Honor in 2018.
2019
Darya Domracheva (first from the left) at the wedding ceremony of her friend and ex-teammate, former biathlete Nadezhda Skardino (second from the left). Photo from the official instagram account of Darya Domracheva.
2019
Darya Domracheva with her daughter Xenia. Photo from the official instagram account of Darya Domracheva.
2020
Darya Domracheva with her husband Ole Einar Björndalen and their daughter Xenia. Photo from the official instagram account of Darya Domracheva.
Darya Domracheva
Darya Domracheva was named Hero of Belarus in 2014.
Darya Domracheva with her mother Larisa and elder brother Nikita. Photo from the family archive.
Darya as a baby. Photo from the family archive.
Little Darya with (from left to right) her mother Larisa, her maternal grandmother Margarita and her maternal grandfather Alexei. Photo from the family archive.
Darya Domracheva (right) with her elder briother Nikita. Photo from the family archive.
Janka Kupała Park, Minsk, Belarus
Darya Domracheva (left) with her elder briother Nikita. Photo from the family archive.
Volodarskogo st., 6, Tyumen', Tyumen' region, Russia, 625003
Darya Domracheva studied sport management at the University of Tyumen from 2002 to 2003.
Partizansky Ave. 26, Minsk, Belarus
Domracheva graduated from the Belarusian State Economic University in 2009. Six years later, she received her second higher education degree in commercial law.
Darya wearing a Little Red Riding Hood costume in the kindergarten. Photo from the family archive.
Darya Domracheva received the Order "For Personal Courage" as one of the winners of a gold medal in Women's 4x6 km relay of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games.
The IBU Medal of Honor which Domracheva received in 2018.
Darya Domracheva with Maksim Subbotin
Vladimir Filipovich Domrachev, Darya Domracheva's father. Photo from the family archive.
Larisa Alekseevna Domracheva, Darya Domracheva's mother
Nikita Domrachev, Darya Domracheva's brother
Domracheva's ex-boyfriend, Belarusian movie director Maksim Subbotin
Albert Vakilovich Musin, the first biathlon coach of Darya Domracheva
Klaus Siebert, the coach of the Belarusian National Women's Biathlon Team from 2008 to 2015, became one of Domracheva's true friends as well.
Alfred Eder, one of the coaches of the Belarusian Women's Biathlon Team
Дарья Домрачева
Darya Domracheva was born on August 3, 1986 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (present-day Minsk, Belarus). She is a daughter of Vladimir Filipovich Domrachev and Larisa Alekseevna Domracheva, both architects. Domracheva has an elder brother, Nikita.
Darya Domracheva whose first name was chosen by her father spent the first years of her life in Minsk. Affectionately called by her mother Dashen'ka, Dashulya, Darenka, or Danchik, she was a restless girl. The Domrachevs encouraged their children's aspiration for active lifestyle, and the kid's room was equipped with a horizontal bar, rope, and swing, made by the head of the family.
In 1990, the family of young architects relocated to Nyagan, a town in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District of Russian Federation, which was under construction at the time. While there, Darya took dance lessons and played basketball, and two years after relocation, following her elder brother, took up cross-country skiing. Trained by Andrei Doroshenko, Darya easily won her major competitors who were boys, not girls. At the age of 12, she entered a newly-opened biathlon School of Olympic Reserve in Nyagan where Albert Musin became her first coach in the discipline.
The impressive sporting achievements didn't disturb brilliant studies. After finishing economic and legal class of a gymnasium in 2002, Domracheva studied sport management at the University of Tyumen for a year. She then came back to Minsk with the family and pursued her studies at the Belarusian State Economic University in tourism management. Domracheva graduated in 2009 with a thesis on advertising in tourism industry. That same year, she joined the Commercial Law Department of the University and received her second higher education degree in 2015.
The athletic career of Darya Domracheva began in Russian Federation where she was included in the biathlon squad of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District in 2001. Two years later, the young biathlete earned her first medal, the silver in relay at the Youth Olympic Festival in Slovenia. That same year, Dasha came back to Minsk with her family.
Many-time junior champion of Russian Federation and medallist of several European competitions, including the 2004 Biathlon Junior World Championships, Domracheva was expelled from the national team early in 2004. Soon, the athlete accepted the invitation to compete for the Belarus Biathlon Team and started trainings in its squad. The debut at the 2005 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland, as a Belarusian athlete resulted in the victories in sprint and pursuit, followed by a bronze medal in pursuit at the next Junior World Championships.
On December 1, 2006, Darya Domracheva competed in sprint in her first BMW IBU World Cup and finished 16th, the second result in the team. At the 2007 Biathlon Junior World Championships, Domracheva added two silver medals to her credit, in sprint and pursuit.
The next season was of importance to success and experience at once. At the 5th World Cup stage in Ruhpolding, Germany, the biathlete took her first individual medal, bronze in sprint, and then was second and third on the podium. The achievements were overshadowed a little by Domracheva's mistake at the stage in Oberhof where she shot standing instead of prone in mass start, that led to her withdrawing from the race.
Domracheva added to her fame in the same discipline in the 2009/10 season. Leading in the race, she mixed up the targets and made three shots on the targets of range 2 instead of range 1. However, three penalty laps didn't disturb her to finish 9th. The rest of the season brought her bronze medal in Women's 15 km individual at the XXI Olympics in Vancouver, two gold medals at the World Cup stage in Kontiolahti, Finland, and silver medal in Holmenkollen, Norway.
Darya Domracheva finished the next season in the sixth overall place and became the major competitor of Magdalena Neuner of Germany, the favorite for the Biathlon World Cup overall victory in the 2011/12 season. The rivalry ended up with the win of Neuner who earned 28 more points than Domracheva.
Darya came to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as the World Champion in pursuit and mass start. She picked up the first medal of the competition, gold, in 10 km pursuit on February 11, then had another one in 15 km individual race, and ended up with the third gold medal in mass start. That was a triumph. In June of that same year, Domracheva completed her service at the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus, to which the Biathlon Federation of Belarus is attached, as senior lieutenant.
The 2014/15 season wasn't less triumphant that the previous Olympic. The biathlete won the Overall World Cup title for the first and last time in her career, surpassing her major rival, Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland, by 48 points. The Sprint World Cup overall title has also gone to Domracheva at the end of that season.
In August 2015, Domracheva announced that she would skip the coming season because of mononucleosis. The biathlete was also out of the first three stages of the 2016/17 World Cup as she had given birth to a daughter on October 1, 2016. Coming back to competitions on January the next year, Domracheva had a glorious victory at the World Championships with a silver medal in pursuit.
The 2018 Winter Olympics wasn't as rich in success as the 2014 Games in Sochi. However, Domracheva added a silver medal in mass start to her individual achievements and contributed to the victory of the Belarussian national team in relay. The number of earned points by the end of the season placed her 3rd overall in the Biathlon World Cup. On June 25 of that year, Darya Domracheva announced her retirement from sport. Following her husband, a famed biathlete Ole Einar Björndalen, who was named head coach of the Chinese Biathlon Team in September 2019, Darya Domracheva became the coach of the country's Women's Biathlon squad.
Darya Domracheva is the most decorated person of all Belarusian Olympic athletes (either in the history of the Winter or Summer competitions) who represented Belarus as an independent country. She is also the first Olympic biathlete to win all three medals in individual disciplines.
Having 35 wins and 81 podiums of the 310 starts at the Biathlon World Cup to her credit, Domracheva is a holder of six World Cup titles in various disciplines in addition to the Biathlon World Cup overall victory in the season of 2014-15.
After winning the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Domracheva was named the Female Athlete of the Year in Belarus and made Honored Master of Sports of Belarus. For the three wins in the individual disciplines of the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was awarded the Hero of Belarus title on February 17, the only woman in the history of the country. Domracheva's fans in Belarus used a song of a Belarusian rock band J:Mors titled 'Belarusian Gold' to express their love and admiration for the biathlete.
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2010Darya Domracheva is a Goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme.
Quotations:
"Such days and such medals [PyeongChang 2018] mean that it's important to believe in yourself, it is important to believe in your team and overcome some difficulties and then all doors are open for you."
"It's an amazing time for me, and when you have a little child you have the second childhood."
Darya Domracheva starred in a comedy movie The Spy Who Loved Biathlon, shot by the International Biathlon Union at the end of the 2012/2013 biathlon season, along with such biathlon stars as Simon and Martin Fourcade of France, Kaisa Makarainen of Finland, Bjorn Ferry of Sweden and Olga Zaitseva of Russia.
Physical Characteristics: Darya Domracheva is 1.68 meters tall.
There was some talk that Darya Domracheva had relationships with a Belarusian movie director and screenwriter Maksim Subbotin. He was a screenwriter, director of photography and director of the documentary "Darya Domracheva. Representing Belarus."
A Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Björndalen went public with the romance between him and Domracheva on April 5, 2016. The marriage ceremony was held on July 16 that same year. Their firstborn, Xenia, came to the world in October of that year.
The hobby of Vladimir Filipovich Domrachev was photography. He died of a heart attack at the age of 54.
(née Minina)
Larisa met Vladimir, Darya's father, in 1980 in Minsk where some of the Summer Moscow Olympic Games competitions took place at the time. A Belarusian architect Boris Emmanuilovich Shkolnikov became Larisa Alekseevna's second husband.
(born 1982)
(born January 27, 1974)
Ole Einar Björndalen is a retired Norwegian biathlete whose 13 Olympic Games medals are the most for any male Winter Olympian and who is widely considered the greatest biathlete of all time.
(born October 1, 2016)
(born November 18, 1980)
(born September 25, 1967)
Musin is a senior biathlon coach and honored worker of physical education and sports of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District-Yugra.
(born April 29, 1955 – died April 24, 2016)
Klaus Siebert was a German biathlete and biathlon coach. He was head coach of the Belarusian Women's Biathlon Team from 2008 to 2014.
(born December 28, 1953)
Competing in Biathlon World Cup from 1978 to 1995, Eder took part in six Olympic Games. He earned two bronze medals during his career, in the sprint and the individual race. He was assigned head coach of the Belarusian Women's Biathlon Team ahead of the 2014/15 season.
