16 Facts About Darya Domracheva

Darya Uladzimirauna Domracheva is a retired Belarusian biathlete and coach who competed in the Biathlon World Cup from 2006 to 2018.

Darya Domracheva originally represented Russia at the junior level but received an offer to transfer to Belarus in 2004.

Darya Domracheva won sprint and pursuit at the 2005 IBU Youth and Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti.

Darya Domracheva took 3rd place in the pursuit and 4th place in the individual events at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Presque Isle, Maine.

Darya Domracheva was named Belarus' Female Athlete of the Year in 2010, and was given the title of Honoured Master of Sport that year.

In 2014 Darya Domracheva was given the Hero of Belarus medal, after winning three gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Darya Domracheva confirmed her pregnancy in April 2016, and said that she plans to return to compete in 2017.

Darya Domracheva's comeback ended up being successful, winning a silver medal at the 2017 world championships in the individual pursuit in preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Darya Domracheva finished the 2018 season ranked 3rd overall in the Biathlon World Cup, and announced her retirement in June, citing difficulties in combining both elite sport and parenting.

Darya Domracheva finished her career as Belarus' most decorated winter Olympian, and most decorated Olympian of either the winter or summer games to compete for Belarus as an independent nation; gymnasts Olga Korbut and Vitaly Scherbo both have more medals, but Korbut competed for the Soviet Union and Scherbo only received 4 of his medals competing for Belarus; his remaining medals were won as part of the Unified Team.

Darya Domracheva was coached by former World Champion and Olympic medalist Klaus Siebert.

Darya Domracheva won the Sprint World Cup title in that season.

Until 2014, Darya Domracheva was an employee of the Belarusian branch of security agency KGB, one of the few to have retained its name from the Soviet Union era.

Darya Domracheva gave birth to a daughter, Xenia, on 1 October 2016.

Darya Domracheva retired from competitions in June 2018 to focus on raising her daughter.

Darya Domracheva used a video camera to document herself, her teammates and athletes from other countries from 2008 until after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.