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Andrejs Rastorgujevs
Rastorgujevs in 2023
Personal information
Born (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 38)
Alūksne, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut5 December 2009
Olympic Games
Teams4 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams12
Medals1
World Cup
Seasons15 (2009/10–)
Individual podiums3
All podiums4
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Nové Město15 km mass start
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Nové Město20 km individual
Gold medal – first place2018 Ridnaun10 km sprint
Disqualified2021 Duszniki-Zdrój20 km individual
Silver medal – second place2020 Raubichi10 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place2014 Nové Město10 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place2017 Duszniki-Zdrój12.5 km pursuit
Updated on 9 Feb 2026

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

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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.[1] 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, he finally won his first podium at the last race of the 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup, finishing second at the 15 km mass start in Oslo.

Rastorgujevs also took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he finished 50th at the sprint and 58th at the pursuit.

Rastorgujevs served an 18 month competition ban from March 2021 to September 2022 for an anti-doping rule violation in relation to whereabouts failures.[2][3] All of his results were disqualified from 1 July 2020 including his gold medal in the 20 km sprint at the 2021 IBU Open European Championships. Rastorgujevs appealed the decision, but this was rejected in August 2022.[4]

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

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Olympics

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver — 50th 58th — 19th N/a
Russia 2014 Sochi 33rd 17th 9th 14th — —
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 59th 24th 12th 28th — —
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina 41st 30th 29th — 18th 12th

World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 43rd 66th — — 14th — N/a
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 68th 83rd — — LPD —
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 50th 65th — — LPD —
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 48th 42nd 25th — LPD —
Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 59th 20th 27th 26th LPD —
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 56th 57th 37th — 22nd LPD
Sweden 2019 Östersund 13th 14th 6th 25th LPD — 10th
Italy 2020 Rasen-Antholz 22nd 70th — — LPD — 17th
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 15th 10th —
Germany 2023 Oberhof 56th 7th 9th 5th 18th — 19th
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město 4th 12th 19th Silver 16th — 8th
Switzerland 2025 Lenzerheide 16th 33rd 33rd 20th 19th — 9th

World Cup

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Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2009–10——————————
2010–11——4056th680th——4671st
2011–121452nd1181st874th——3376th
2012–134324th8542nd8834th1345th22936th
2013–142334th13821st19111th937th44516th
2014–151944th18619th9327th7226th37027th
2015–16——16119th15118th8224th39420th
2016–173827th16016th17119th7626th44521st
2017–18606th2245th13419th6328th48113th
2018–194621st13922nd12224th8821st39520th
2019–204823rd10026th5131st2733rd22629th
2022–235622nd13619th7330th8419th34922nd
2023–241186th7432nd11923rd12210th43317th
2024–256518th6237th4735th7026th24428th
2025–266812th2651st1070th3727th14138th
*Key:Points—won World Cup points; Position—World Cup season ranking.[5]

European Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2007 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 Disqualified 22nd
2023 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 33rd 4th 4th
2024 Osrblie, Slovakia 9th 4th 13th

At the 2021 European Championships, Rastorgujevs was placed 1st in the 20 km individual sprint and received the gold medal, but his result was later disqualified.

World Cup record

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Individual podiums

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No. Season Date Location Race Place
12016–17 19 March 2017Norway Oslo HolmenkollenMass Start2nd
22017–18 8 March 2018Finland KontiolahtiSprint2nd
32024–25 15 January 2025Germany RuhpoldingIndividual3rd

Relay podiums

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No. Season Date Location Race Place Teammate(s)
1 2022–235 March 2023Czech Republic Nové MěstoSingle Mixed Relay3rdBendika

Shooting

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Shooting 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2020–21 2022–23
Prone position56%82%84%TBD91%80%92%87%76%81%86%
Standing position62%73%81%TBD76%76%72%69%78%77%72%
Total59%78%82%TBD83%78%82%78%77%79%79%

References

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  1. ↑ Dedumets, Dāvis (5 December 2009). "Bricis 34., Rastorgujevam laba debija, ja nediskvalifcētu (labots)" [Bricis 34, good debut for Rastorgujev if not disqualified (corrected)]. ParSportu.lv (in Latvian). Par Sportu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Doping - CAS suspends Latvia's Rastorgujevs for 18 months for whereabouts failures". Reuters. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Brown, Andy (20 September 2021). "Biathlete receives 18 month ban for three 'whereabouts' Filing Failures". Sports Integrity Initiative. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "CAS Anti-Doping ruling". IBU. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Andrejs RASTORGUJEVS". BiathlonResults.com. IBU. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
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