Serhiy Sednev
Introduction '''Serhiy Anatoliyovich Sednev''' (; born December 12, 1983, in Hlukhiv) is a retired Ukrainian biathlete.
Career He debuted for Ukraine at the World Cup on January 17, 2004, in Ruhpolding. In sprint he was the 67th. First World Cup podium was three years later - in December, 2007, he was third in individual race in Pokljuka. First World Cup win was in Antholz-Anterselva in individual on 21 January 2010.He is a bronze medalists of 2011 Biathlon World Championships in relay in which he was a "finisher". He had been a captain of men's national team for some years before he retired.He unexpectedly retired on December 19, 2014, on his 31st birthday. In an interview for biathlon.com.ua he stated, that the first reason is absence of good results, and he had often been ill before the season. "At one moment I understood that I can't find any motivation to go on. Maybe, it is time to pay more attention to my family... that I couldn't afford this for a long years of my career".
Doping ban By IBU press release dated January 12, 2015, it was announced that Sednev had tested positive for recombinant EPO upon re-analysis of an out of competition sample originally taken on January 22, 2013.Sednev waved his is right for B-analysis and was subsequently banned for two years starting December 15, 2014.This effectively puts the start of his ban four days prior to his sudden retirement announcement.
Performances  Level  Year  Event  IN  SP  PU  MS  RL  MRL JBWCH  2002   Ridanna, Italy  28  5  9   12  EBCH  2002   Kontiolahti, Finland  DNF     4  JBWCH  2003   Kościelisko, Poland  4  30  18   7  EBCH  2003   Forni Avoltri, Italy  DNF  6  8   4  JBWCH  2004   Maurienne, France  22  7  '''3'''   5  EBCH  2004   Minsk, Belarus  DNS  10  8   '''2'''  BWCH  2007   Rasen-Antholz, Italy  42        EBCH  2007   Bansko, Bulgaria   25  19    BWCH  2008   Östersund, Sweden  67       BWCH  2009   Pyeongchang, South Korea  47       EBCH  2009   Ufa, Russia  '''3'''  15  '''2'''   4  OLY  2010   Vancouver, Canada  68  22  10  21  8   BWCH  2011   Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia   33  27  25  '''3'''  BWCH  2012   Ruhpolding, Germany   84    8  BWCH  2013   Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic  49  39  DNS   14  9 OLY  2014   Sochi, Russia   44  54    ===World Cup=======Podiums==== Season Place  Competition  Rank 2007–08   Pokljuka, Slovenia  Individual  3 2008–09   Hochfilzen, Austria  Relay  3 2009–10   Rasen-Antholz, Italy  Individual 1 2010–11   Hochfilzen, Austria  Sprint  2 2010–11   Pokljuka, Slovenia  Individual  3 2010–11   Pokljuka, Slovenia  Mixed relay  2 2011–12   Kontiolahti, Finland  Mixed relay  2====Positions==== Season  Individual  Sprint Pursuit  Mass starts  TOTAL 2007–08  11  69  48  43  46 2008–09  13  77  37      46 2009–10  4   28  21  29  22 2010–11  17  16  23  16  16 2011–12  48  46  61      54 2012–13  44  50  42      45 2013–14   85  85      93
References
External links *  Profile on biathlonworld.com*  Statistics*  Profile on biathlonworld.com.ua