Ilya Vladimirovich Chergeiko ( Belor. Ilya Uladzіmіravich Chargeyka ; b. April 15, 1993 , Minsk ) - Belarusian rifleman , specializing in rifle shooting. The prize-winner of the European championships, the participant of two Olympiads .
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Career
He began to engage in sports shooting in 2004 in the Minsk club "DOSAAF".
In 2010, he became the vice-champion of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in air rifle shooting. In the same year he became the vice-champion of the world in shooting from three positions in the junior level. Also among juniors, twice won gold medals at the European Championships (in 2010 and 2011, both times - in air rifle shooting).
In 2012 he debuted at the Olympics. In London, he shot only with an air rifle . There, the Belarusian was able to get into the final with the fifth result, but in the decisive round he shot off in a bad way and became only the seventh.
In the same 2012, for the first time in his career, he got to the podium of the World Cup stage (in shooting from three positions in Milan he was the third, and from the air rifle in Munich - the second).
At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro participated in two types of shooting programs . In shooting from three positions, he showed only the 31st result, and in an exercise with an air rifle, like four years ago, he reached the final round, where he improved his London position and took the sixth place.
Links
- Ilya Chergeyko - Olympic statistics on the website Sports-Reference.com (English)
- Profile on ISSF website