Yuliia Dzhima

Yuliia Dzhyma
Dzhyma in 2017
Personal information
Born (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Professional information
ClubSkhid Kyiv
World Cup debut2012
Olympic Games
Teams3 (2014, 2018, 2022)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams10 (2012–2024)
Medals5 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons8 (2011/12–)
Individual victories1
Individual podiums5
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 4 × 6 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Nové Město 4 x 6 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Hochfilzen 4 x 6 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Östersund 4 x 6 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Antholz 4 x 6 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Pokljuka 4 x 6 km relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Ridanna Relay
Gold medal – first place 2012 Osrblie Relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Otepää Relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2020 Raubichi Mixed relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bansko Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Lenzerheide Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bansko Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Duszniki-Zdrój Mixed relay
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Ufa Individual
Updated on 25 January 2023

Yuliia Valentynivna Dzhyma (Ukrainian: Юлія Валентинівна Джима; born 19 September 1990) is a Ukrainian World Cup level biathlete. She is Olympic champion in women's relay, multiple World championships medalist. She is one of the most successful Ukrainian biathletes of the 2010s.

Career

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She took up biathlon in Kyiv, where she lives. She wasn't seen as a promising rising athlete at the beginning of her sporting career. She didn't show promising results in skiing, so trainers were doubtful whether she would be a good biathlete.[1]

In January 2008, she competed in her first international competition, Junior World Championships in German Ruhpolding. For the next three years, she was a member of the Ukrainian junior team. Dzhyma had good results, including bronze in the individual race at 2009 Junior European Championships.

On 4 January 2012, she debuted in German Oberhof in the women's relay with a team which later would win Olympic gold. Then they finished 8th. In two days, she had her first race in sprint, finishing 34th. Next season, 2012–13, she had one victory and two podiums in relay races. In 2013–14 season, she had her first podium in pursuit in Austrian Hochfilzen, finishing second. At the 2013 World Championships, she took silver in relay competition.

Stamps of Ukraine, 2014. Dzhima is second from right

Together with Vita Semerenko, Valentyna Semerenko and Olena Bilosiuk she won the gold medal in the Women's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.

The following two seasons after the Olympics weren't very successful, but she had some Top-10 results. Her performances improved in 2016–17 season: in all World Cup rankings, she achieved her highest rankings, including a place in the Top-10 of the general World Cup classification for the first time in her career. That year, she won three medals at 2017 European Championships in Polish Duszniki-Zdrój, which was the most successful European championships for Yuliia. Next month, she received her second silver relay World Championships medal.

Pre-Olympic 2017–18 season started very successfully for her since in two opening races in Swedish Östersund, she finished third. On 28 December 2017, she participated in the prestigious commercial competition World Team Challenge, where she placed 5th together with Belgian biathlete Michael Rösch. She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Due to illness she didn't take part in sprint. Besides, Ukrainian coaches thought she would qualify for mass start. Still, they were incompetent regarding rules regarding mass start qualification, so Yuliia participated only in the individual race, where she was 20th.[3] In relay competitions she was 7th in mixed relay and 11th in the classical relay.

She received the Best Athlete of a Month award from National Olympic Committee of Ukraine in January 2017.

Personal life

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Yuliia's father is a former Ukrainian biathlete, Valentyn Dzhyma, who participated in the 1994 Winter Olympics and finished his career the following year. Her mother is also an athlete.

Since childhood, her hobby has been painting.[4]

Dzhyma studied foreign languages and social communications at Sumy State University.

After 2018 Winter Olympics, there were some rumors that Yuliia Dzyma being younger than 23 years, was dating the head coach of the Ukrainian women's national team Uroš Velepec.[5]

Biathlon results

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Olympic Games

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1 medal (1 gold)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2014 Sochi 7th 42nd DNS 22nd Gold –
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 20th – – – 11th 7th
China 2022 Beijing 10th 8th 13th 7th 7th 13th

World Championships

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5 medals (2 silver, 3 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding – 39th 48th – – – —
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 13th – – – Silver 9th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 38th – – – 6th 11th
Norway 2016 Oslo 22nd 31st 9th 25th 5th –
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 9th 22nd 23rd 6th Silver 5th
Sweden 2019 Östersund 12th 54th DNS – Bronze – –
Italy 2020 Antholz-Anterselva 27th 22nd 19th – Bronze 5th –
Slovenia 2021 Pokljuka 32nd 37th 25th – Bronze 4th –
Germany 2023 Oberhof 40th 29th 14th – – 10th –
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 39th 21st 35th – 5th 7th –

World Cup

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Individual podiums

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Season Place Competition Placement
2013–14 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Pursuit 2nd
2017–18 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Individual 3rd
Sweden Östersund, Sweden Sprint 3rd
Norway Oslo, Norway Sprint 3rd
2018–19 Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia Individual 1st
2019–20 Sweden Östersund, Sweden Individual 2nd
2020–21 Italy Antholz, Italy Individual 2nd
2020–21 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Sprint 2nd

Relay podiums

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Season Place Competition Placement
2012–13 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2nd
Germany Oberhof, Germany Relay 1st
Russia Sochi, Russia Relay 2nd
2013–14 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 1st
France Annecy-Le Grand Bornand, France Relay 2nd
2014–15 Italy Antholz, Italy Relay 3rd
Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Single mixed relay 3rd
2015–16 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 3rd
Germany Ruhpolding, Germany Relay 1st
United States Presque Isle, United States Relay 2nd
2016–17 Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia Relay 3rd
2017–18 Austria Hochfilzen, Austria Relay 2nd

Positions

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Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass starts Overall
2011–12 48 68 60
2012–13 21 20 38 36 30
2013–14 18 28 20 9 18
2014–15 15 34 21 31 24
2015–16 17 15 13 14 13
2016–17 8 13 9 4 8
2017–18 2 12 17 19 11
2018–19 7 50 60 38 37
2019–20 10 41 37 43 36
2020–21 4 16 20 26 17
2021–22 38 35 42 47 41
2022–23

Individual victories

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No. Season Date Location Discipline Level
1 2018/19 6 December 2018 Slovenia Pokljuka, Slovenia 15 km Individual World Cup
*Results are from IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

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  1. ^ "Yuliia Dzhima: "First I cried and wished anything except sport..." (with photos)". Ukrainian Biathlon Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Ukrainian squad for the 2018 Winter Olympics". Ukrainian Biathlon Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Yuliia Dzyma may not qualify for mass start at 2018 Winter Olympics due to coaches' mistake". segodnya.ua. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Yuliia Dzhima: "First I cried and wished anything except sport..." (with photos)". Ukrainian Biathlon Federation. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Urainian biathlete is dating notorious coach". sport.znaj.ua. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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