Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. In 2008 together with Oksana Khvostenko he won World Team Challenge.
Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career. In the [2014 Ukraine|Ukrainian parliamentary election|2014 parliamentary election] Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes. Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014. On 29 November 2014, Deryzemlya donated his own plot of land in the city of Chernihiv so that it could be given instead to the family of a Ukrainian soldier who had been killed in the war in Donbas.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.World Championships
2 medals| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Team | Relay | |||
 n/an/aIndividual victories1 victory
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