Andrejs Rastorgujevs
Introduction '''Andrejs Rastorgujevs''' (born 27 May 1988) is a Latvian biathlete. He has participated in three Winter Olympics, and has two individual and one relay Biathlon World Cup podium.
Career Andrejs Rastorgujevs is a biathlete from Latvia. In the first event of 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup in Östersund he participated in 10 km sprint, where he finished 47th, but later on he was disqualified for finishing in the wrong lane. 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup was the breakthrough season for Rastorgujevs, finishing the season 36th overall. Next year he finished the season 16th overall, while earning four Top 6 finishes.After finishing fourth four times during his career, during the last race of 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup he finally won his first podium, finishing second at the 15 km mass start in Oslo.Rastorgujevs took part also at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 50th at the sprint and 58th at the pursuit.In 2021, Rastorgujevs was disqualified for 18 months due to doping rules violations.On 5 March 2023 Rastorgujevs and Baiba Bendika placed third, in the  BMW IBU World Cup placed in Nové Město na Moravě, in the Single Mixed Relays and earned a first-ever Relay podium for Latvia.On 18 February 2024 Rastorgujevs won a silver medal in the 15-kilometer mass start at the Biathlon World Championships 2024 in Nove Mesto, winning his biggest success in his career and also in the history of Latvian biathlon.
Career results ===Olympics===EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelay 2010 Vancouver —  50th 58th —  19th 2014 Sochi 33rd 17th 9th 14th —  2018 Pyeongchang 59th 24th 12th 28th — ===World Championships===EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass StartRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 43rd 66th —  —  14th — 2012 Ruhpolding 68th 83rd —  —  LPD — 2013 Nové Město 50th 65th —  —  LPD — 2015 Kontiolahti 48th 42nd 25th —  LPD — 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 59th 20th 27th 26th LPD — 2017 Hochfilzen 56th 57th 37th —  22nd LPD 2019 Östersund 13th 14th 6th 25th LPD — 10th 2020 Rasen-Antholz 22nd 70th — — LPD — 17th 2021 Pokljuka  15th 10th   —  2023 Oberhof 56th 7th 9th 5th 18th — 19th 2024 Nové Město 4th 12th 19th '''Silver''' 16th — 8th===World Cup=== Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position 2009–10  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2010–11  —  —  40  56th  6  80th  —  —  '''46''' '''71st''' 2011–12  14  52nd  11  81st  8  74th  —  —  '''33''' '''76th''' 2012–13  43  24th  85  42nd  88  34th  13  45th  '''229''' '''36th''' 2013–14  23  34th  138  21st  191  11th  93  7th  '''445''' '''16th''' 2014–15  19  44th  186  19th  93  27th  72  26th  '''370''' '''27th''' 2015–16  —  —  161  19th  151  18th  82  24th  '''394''' '''20th''' 2016–17  38  27th  160  16th  171  19th  76  26th  '''445''' '''21st''' 2017–18  60  6th  224  5th  134  19th  63  28th  '''481''' '''13th''' 2018–19  46  21st  139  22nd  122  24th  88  21st  '''395''' '''20th''' 2019–20  48  23rd  100  26th  51  31st  27  33rd  '''226''' '''29th''' 2022–23  56  22nd  136  19th  73  30th  84  19th  '''349''' '''22nd''':''*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking. ''===European Championships===EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay2007 Bansko, Bulgaria 32nd 8th 16th 2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic 28th 30th 31st 2009 Ufa, Russia  8th  2010 Otepää, Estonia 15th 49th  2011 Ridanna, Italy 4th 8th 7th 2012 Osrblie, Slovakia 27th 5th 5th 2013 Bansko, Bulgaria 4th DNS  2014 Nové Město, Czech Republic '''Gold''' '''Bronze'''  2015 Otepää, Estonia DNF 10th 10th 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland 20th 4th '''Bronze''' 2018 Ridnaun, Italy  '''Gold''' 2019 Raubichi, Belarus 24th 8th 5th 2020 Raubichi, Belarus 9th '''Silver''' 10th 2021 Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland '''Gold''' 22nd  2023 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 33rd 4th 4th 2024 Osrblie, Slovakia 9th 4th 13th
World Cup record ===Finish in the Top 6=== Season Position Event Competition 2016–17  2nd   Oslo  15 km mass start 2017–18  2nd   Kontiolahti  10 km sprint 2022–23  3rd   Nove Mesto  13,5 km single mixed relay 2012–13  4th   Sochi  20 km individual 2013–14  4th   Oberhof  12.5 km pursuit 2013–14  4th   Oslo  10 km sprint 2014–15  4th   Khanty-Mansiysk  10 km sprint 2017–18  4th   Tyumen  10 km sprint 2022–23  4th   Oslo  10 km sprint 2014–15  5th   Ruhpolding  10 km sprint 2015–16  5th   Canmore  15 km mass start 2022–23  5th   Hochfilzen  10 km sprint 2013–14  6th   Kontiolahti  12.5 km pursuit 2014–15  6th   Oberhof  10 km sprint 2014–15  6th   Oberhof  15 km mass start 2016–17  6th   Östersund  20 km individual 2016–17  6th   Nove Mesto  10 km sprint===Shooting=== Shooting2009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172019–202020–212022–23 Prone position  56%  82%  84%  ''TBD''  91%  80%  92%  87%  76%  81%  86% Standing position  62%  73%  81%  ''TBD''  76%  76%  72%  69%  78%  77%  72% '''Total'''  '''59%'''  '''78%'''  '''82%'''  ''TBD''  '''83%'''  '''78%'''  '''82%'''  '''78%'''  '''77%'''  '''79%'''  '''79%'''
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