Nikolay Kruglov Jr.

Russian biathlete

Nikolay Kruglov Jr.

Personal information
Full name| Nikolay Nikolayevich Kruglov
Born|  (1981-04-08) 8 April 1981 (age 42)
Gorky, RSFSR,
Soviet Union
Height| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
Sport| Biathlon
Club| Dinamo
World Cup debut| 24 January 2002
Retired| 26 March 2010
Olympic Games
Teams| 2 (2006, 2010)
Medals| 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams| 7 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Medals| 5 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons| 9 (2001/02–2009/10)
Individual victories| 3
All victories| 10
Individual podiums| 14
All podiums| 37

Medal record

Men's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
| 2006 Turin | 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
| 2005 Khanty-Mansiysk | Mixed relay
| 2006 Pokljuka | Mixed relay
| 2007 Antholz-Anterselva | 4 × 7.5 km relay
| 2008 Östersund | 4 × 7.5 km relay
| 2005 Hochfilzen | 4 × 7.5 km relay
| 2008 Östersund | Mixed relay
Junior World Championships
| 2000 Hochfilzen | 12.5 km pursuit
| 2000 Hochfilzen | 4 × 7.5 km relay
| 2001 Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km sprint
| 2001 Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km pursuit
| 2001 Khanty-Mansiysk | 4 × 7.5 km relay

Nikolay Nikolayevich Kruglov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Кругло́в; born 8 April 1981) is a former Russian biathlete. His father, Nikolay Kruglov, was also a biathlete. Kruglov Jr. has won a couple of medals with the Russian relay team. He is a two-time World Champion in the men's relay and a two-time World Champion in mixed relay. Also he won silver medals at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Olympics.

Kruglov retired from the sport after the 2009–10 season.[1]

## Biathlon results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]

### Olympic Games[edit]

1 medal (1 silver)

Event  | Individual  | Sprint  | Pursuit  | Mass start | Relay

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2006 Turin | —  | 21st  | 11th  | 21st  | Silver
2010 Vancouver | 11th  | —  | —  | —  | —

### World Championships[edit]

6 medals (4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Event  | Individual  | Sprint  | Pursuit  | Mass start | Relay  | Mixed relay

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2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | 39th  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
2004 Oberhof | —  | 12th  | 14th  | 17th  | —  | —
2005 Hochfilzen | 35th  | 5th  | 4th  | 4th  | Silver | Gold
2006 Pokljuka | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  | Gold
2007 Antholz-Anterselva | 5th  | 12th  | 16th  | 12th  | Gold | —
2008 Östersund | —  | 26th  | 25th  | —  | Gold | Bronze
2009 Pyeongchang | —  | 66th  | —  | —  | —  | —

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

### Individual victories[edit]

3 victories (1 Sp, 2 Pu)

Season  | Date  | Location  | Discipline  | Level

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2004–05
1 victory
(1 Pu) | 18 February 2005 |  Pokljuka | 12.5 km pursuit | Biathlon World Cup
2006–07
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 Pu) | 6 January 2007 |  Oberhof | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup
7 January 2007 |  Oberhof | 12.5 km pursuit | Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
2. ^ "Nikolay Kruglov Jr". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Nikolay Kruglov Jr. at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
* Nikolay Kruglov Jr. at IBU BiathlonResults.com
* Official fan-club
* Nikolay Kruglov at IBU
* Nikolay Kruglov at Olympedia

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World champions in men's biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km relay

* 1966:  (Ivar Nordkild, Olav Jordet, Jon Istad, Ragnar Tveiten)
* 1967:  (Ola Wærhaug, Olav Jordet, Jon Istad, Ragnar Tveiten)
* 1969:  (Alexander Tikhonov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev, Rinnat Safin)
* 1970:  (Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Alexander Ushakov, Viktor Mamatov)
* 1971:  (Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Muzhytov, Rinnat Safin, Viktor Mamatov)
* 1973:  (Gennady Kovalyev, Rinnat Safin, Juri Kolmakov, Alexander Tikhonov)
* 1974:  (Alexander Ushakov, Alexander Tikhonov, Juri Kolmakov, Nikolay Kruglov)
* 1975:  (Henrik Flöjt, Simo Halonen, Juhani Suutarinen, Heikki Ikola)
* 1977:  (Aleksandr Elizarov, Alexander Ushakov, Nikolay Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov)
* 1978:  (Manfred Beer, Klaus Siebert, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
* 1979:  (Manfred Beer, Klaus Siebert, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
* 1981:  (Mathias Jung, Matthias Jacob, Frank Ullrich, Eberhard Rösch)
* 1982:  (Mathias Jung, Matthias Jacob, Frank Ullrich, Bernd Hellmich)
* 1983:  (Sergei Bulygin, Algimantas Šalna, Juri Kashkarov, Petr Miloradov)
* 1985:  (Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna, Andrei Zenkov, Sergei Bulygin)
* 1986:  (Dmitry Vasilyev, Juri Kashkarov, Valeriy Medvedtsev, Sergei Bulygin)
* 1987:  (Jürgen Wirth, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Matthias Jacob, André Sehmisch)
* 1989:  (Frank Luck, André Sehmisch, Frank-Peter Roetsch, Birk Anders)
* 1990:  (Pieralberto Carrara, Wilfried Pallhuber, Johann Passler, Andreas Zingerle)
* 1991:  (Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner, Fritz Fischer)
* 1993:  (Wilfried Pallhuber, Johann Passler, Pieralberto Carrara, Andreas Zingerle)
* 1995:  (Ricco Groß, Mark Kirchner, Frank Luck, Sven Fischer)
* 1996:  (Viktor Maigourov, Vladimir Drachev, Sergei Tarasov, Aleksey Kobelev)
* 1997:  (Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck)
* 1999:  (Alexei Aidarov, Petr Ivashko, Vadim Sashurin, Oleg Ryzhenkov)
* 2000:  (Viktor Maigourov, Sergei Rozhkov, Vladimir Drachev, Pavel Rostovtsev)
* 2001:  (Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphaël Poirée)
* 2003:  (Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Ricco Groß, Frank Luck)
* 2004:  (Frank Luck, Ricco Groß, Sven Fischer, Michael Greis)
* 2005:  (Halvard Hanevold, Stian Eckhoff, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
* 2007:  (Ivan Tcherezov, Maxim Chudov, Dmitri Yaroshenko, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.)
* 2008:  (Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr., Dmitri Yaroshenko, Maxim Chudov)
* 2009:  (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Lars Berger, Halvard Hanevold, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
* 2011:  (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Alexander Os, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Tarjei Bø)
* 2012:  (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Rune Brattsveen, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
* 2013:  (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Henrik L'Abée-Lund, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
* 2015:  (Erik Lesser, Daniel Böhm, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp)
* 2016:  (Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
* 2017:  (Alexey Volkov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov, Anton Shipulin)
* 2019:  (Lars Helge Birkeland, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø)
* 2020:  (Émilien Jacquelin, Martin Fourcade, Simon Desthieux, Quentin Fillon Maillet)
* 2021:  (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)
* 2023:  (Antonin Guigonnat, Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Quentin Fillon Maillet)
* 2024:  (Viktor Brandt, Jesper Nelin, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson)

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World champions in biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km mixed relay

4 × 7.5 km|

* 2005:  (Olga Pyleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Ivan Tcherezov, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.)
* 2006:  (Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Sergei Tchepikov, Irina Malgina, Nikolay Kruglov Jr.)
* 2021:  (Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Tiril Eckhoff, Marte Olsbu Røiseland)

2 × 6 km +
2 × 7.5 km|

* 2007:  (Helena Jonsson, Anna Carin Olofsson, Björn Ferry, Carl Johan Bergman)
* 2008:  (Sabrina Buchholz, Magdalena Neuner, Andreas Birnbacher, Michael Greis)
* 2009:  (Marie-Laure Brunet, Sylvie Becaert, Vincent Defrasne, Simon Fourcade)
* 2010:  (Simone Hauswald, Magdalena Neuner, Simon Schempp, Arnd Peiffer)
* 2011:  (Tora Berger, Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Tarjei Bø)
* 2012:  (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
* 2013:  (Tora Berger, Synnøve Solemdal, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen)
* 2015:  (Veronika Vítková, Gabriela Soukalová, Michal Šlesingr, Ondřej Moravec)
* 2016:  (Anaïs Bescond, Marie Dorin Habert, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade)
* 2017:  (Vanessa Hinz, Laura Dahlmeier, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp)
* 2019:  (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen)

4 × 6 km|

* 2020:  (Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø)
* 2023:  (Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Marte Olsbu Røiseland, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Johannes Thingnes Bø)
* 2024:  (Éric Perrot, Quentin Fillon Maillet, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Julia Simon)

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