Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev, Russian

Russian language

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: Павел Александрович Ростовцев (born September 21, 1971 in Gus-Khrustalny

Gus-Khrustalny

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, Vladimir Oblast

Vladimir Oblast

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 is a former Russia

Russia

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n biathlete

Biathlon

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. Rostovtsev lives in Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

. He is a three times world champion in biathlon. He has competed in the World cup since the 1995/96 season. In 2000 he became world champion with the Russian relay team in the World Championships in Lahti

Lahti

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. The following year he won both the sprint and the pursuit in the world championships in Pokljuka

Pokljuka

Pokljuka is a foresty plateau at the altitude of around 1300 metres, situated partly in the municipality of Bled and partly in municipality of Bohinj in northwestern Slovenia. It is part of Triglav national park...

. In the 2001/02 season he came second in the overall world cup standings. He hasn't won a single world cup competition since the 2001/02 season.
In the 2006 Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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 in Turin

Turin

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 he was a part of the silver medal winning Russian relay team

Achievements

(pr. December 1, 2006)

• Winter Olympics
  Winter Olympic Games
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  • Silver medal on the relay at the 2006 Olympics
    Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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     in Torino best individual: 5th place (sprint, at the 2002 Olympics
    2002 Winter Olympics
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     in Salt Lake City
• World Championship:
  • 3 gold (2 individually) 6 silvers
• World Cup
  Biathlon World Cup
  The Biathlon World Cup has been held since the winter seasons of 1977/78 and 1982/83, for men and women, respectively ....
  
  overall:
  • Best position 2nd in the 2001/02 season
• World cup competitions:
  • 6 wins, 12 second places and 6 third places