The future athlete was born in 1986 in Minsk. Four years later, the Domrachev family leaves Belarus. The creative ambitions of the young architects, Dasha's parents, prompted them to move to the small town of Nyagan in Western Siberia. The winter there is snowy and long, which predetermined the future of the now famous athlete. From the age of six, all of Dasha’s free time was spent skiing. She trained and studied with pleasure. The successes both there and there were beyond praise. When Dasha turned 13, she became interested in biathlon. She was a pretty decent skier, all that remained was to master the rifle. The results were not long in coming.
Carier start
The year 2004 can be considered a sharp turn in the fate of Dasha Domracheva. At the direction of the head of the Russian Biathlon Union, Alexander Tikhonov she was expelled from the Russian team, due to its “futility”. The outstanding former skier and biathlete Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov was an indisputable authority. They did not object to the President of the RRF. And Dasha, by the way, by that time had already won the Russian championship more than once, and had proven herself well in Europe. Dasha did not intend to interrupt her sports biography, but she was not happy with relegation to the background.
Having received an invitation to the Belarusian national team, Dasha, without hesitation, returns to Minsk. Already in 2005 at the Universiade, having shown only the 40th result in biathlon, she nevertheless won gold in the sprint and silver in the relay. And two years later, her results allowed her to gain a foothold in the top ten best skiers in the world for a long time.
Sports achivments
Daria Domracheva won more than thirty victories in the most prestigious competitions: from the national championship to the Olympic Games. She more than compensated for her not very confident shooting (efficiency = 80−85%) with excellent technique and speed qualities. Unsurpassed so far is her result in the number (48 positions) of places won in the women's pursuit race.
Victory statistics (excluding the junior period):
- European Championship in Bansko (2007) - gold (2).
- World Championship in Ruhpolding (2012) - gold.
- World Championships in Nove Mesto (2013) - gold.
- Olympic Games in Sochi (2014) - gold (3).
- Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (2018) - gold
In addition, at the last Olympics there was also a silver medal, and in Vancouver in 2010 - bronze. At world championships she won silver medals four times and bronze medals once.
Repeatedly won prizes in World Cup stages:
- 32 times - was the first;
- 23 times - second;
- 24 - third.
This is in the individual competition, and also in the team competition (relay):
- one first place;
- four second;
- and three thirds.
Daria Domracheva today , after the Olympics in Pyeongchang, he remains in action, quite successfully continuing to participate in the World Cup. The final stage will take place in the city of Tyumen in late March. In an interview, she said that she dreams of finishing the season with the highest quality, with the highest efficiency. She is already thirty-four. It’s not difficult to calculate how many years Domracheva has been actively involved in skiing. Age is inexorably bringing her closer to the thought of leaving big sport. It is quite natural to want to end your career at the peak of glory, and, being in excellent shape, Dasha Domracheva has every chance to show the highest result at the World Cup.
Personal life
Dasha got married in 2016 . Her husband , famous Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is one of the most titled skiers. This is his second marriage. For six years he lived with Nathalie Santer, also, by the way, a biathlete (Belgium). In the same year, Daria Domracheva gave birth to a daughter, Ksenia. Now their home is mostly on wheels, because Dasha’s sports life is not over yet.
It is not at all clear where they plan to anchor in the future. Ole Einar has Norwegian citizenship, Dasha has Russian and Belarusian citizenship. Bjoerndalen had the opportunity to compete on the same team with Dasha at the last Olympics, but he refused, limiting himself to the position of a member of the coaching council.
In turn, in her homeland, Daria Domracheva is among the most famous athletes, second only to gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo. If we take into account only winter sports, then she is the undoubted leader. In addition, Dasha is a KGB officer and holds the high title of Hero of Belarus.
It can be assumed that neither Dasha nor, especially, Ole Einar will finally leave the sport. Bjoerndalen is already trying himself as a coach. After all, he graduated from the Norwegian Ski Academy. Daria Vladimirovna Domracheva’s two higher educations allow her to feel confident in both Belarus and Norway. Coaching work is also up to the task. Experience in abundance.
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In the journalistic community, Daria Domracheva is called “Rocket”. Accurate shooting, high speed at a distance and nerves of steel brought the Belarusian athlete a scattering of awards of all merits, the title of Hero of the country and the first biathlete to win gold at different Olympics. Domracheva’s achievements are recognized among her colleagues: Dasha is the eighth representative of shooting skiers to be awarded the Holmenkollen medal. In 2018, the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States awarded the Belarusian the “Stars of the Commonwealth” award.
The biathlon star admits that “the crown has not grown from the titles” and there is no feeling of exclusivity. Perhaps he will appear when he shows medals and cups to his children and grandchildren.
Childhood and youth
Biathlon star Daria Vladimirovna Domracheva was born into a family of architects. Brother Nikita also inherited his parents’ profession. At the age of 4, Dasha and her family moved to Russia and settled in Siberia. Life in the North foreshadowed for architects endless opportunities for the implementation of professional skills.
Soon, the parents began to participate in the development of a new city - Nyagan, located in the Khanty-Mansiysk Okrug. Due to her productive activities, her mother was promoted to the position of chief architect of the city. Instead of the planned 5 years, the family lived in the North three times longer.
Living in Siberia, it was impossible not to visit the ski section, because the relief terrain and the corresponding climate greatly contributed to the development of skiing. In addition to ski racing, which her older brother initially became interested in, Daria Domracheva was involved in basketball and dancing. Dasha began to attend sports school much more actively than general education.
Domracheva first tried herself in biathlon in 1999. She received her secondary education in a gymnasium, in an economics and legal class, then entered the 2nd year of the University of Tyumen at the Faculty of Sports Management. Since 2003, the biography of Daria Domracheva has continued in her native Minsk. She transferred from Tyumen to BSEU, but the absence of a similar faculty had to be compensated for by the Department of Tourism Management. In 2009, the girl defended her diploma with the topic: “Advertising in the tourism industry.”
In 2010, the already world-famous biathlete Domracheva presented to the public the documentary film “Daria Domracheva. Representing Belarus." The episodes were filmed by myself and were initially presented in a video diary format. Domracheva’s company in the role of director and co-author was Maxim Subbotin, who was Dasha’s boyfriend.
Biathlon
At the beginning of her biathlon career, Daria Domracheva represented Russia. Numerous victories in junior competitions, prizes in European competitions, individual races at the World Championships - with such achievements, Domracheva became a desirable member of the team for Russia and Belarus. Although her first training and achievements were achieved thanks to Russian coaches, the girl dreamed of representing her native Belarus.
In 2004, Domracheva was invited by Belarusian coaches to join the ranks of the women's national biathlon team. The girl gladly accepted the offer and began to study in the vastness of her native country. However, the opportunity to play for Belarus presented itself only six months later. Russian mentors did not want to let the talented biathlete go and tried in every possible way to keep the girl in the ranks of the Russian team. But Belarusian nationality allowed Dasha to legally represent her homeland, which was confirmed by her birth certificate.
Daria started at international competitions for Belarus in 2005. Then she took 40th position in the individual race. The reason was a fallen off diopter: out of 5 possible misses when shooting, Dasha used all of them. Already in the sprint and pursuit, Domracheva quickly recovered and came first.
In 2006 she made her debut at the World Cup, where she achieved 16th place. The following year she participated in the junior world championship, where she came second twice. In the 2008-2009 competitions, Daria Domracheva regularly joins the top ten. One day a strange embarrassment occurred in Oberhof. In the mass start, Dasha led the race, but at the second shooting range, instead of lying down, she shot standing, and did not hit the target even once - this was the reason to leave the distance.
Such a curiosity did not prevent him from taking 3rd place in the personal race at the fifth stage of the World Cup. Then Domracheva took leading positions in several more competitions, after which she competed at the World Championships in 2009, recording a new record.
The competition in Oberhof was again accompanied by a ridiculous incident. This time the athlete was again in the lead in the mass start, but she mixed up the target and received penalties for shooting at someone else’s target. The biathlete corrected the mistake, but her chances of reaching the final were lost.
Dasha went to win the next World Cup in Kontiolahti, where she won the sprint and pursuit. At the second stage in Holmenkollen, she lost 1st place to the representative of Germany, Simone Hauswald. She took silver and bronze for the start and relay race, respectively, in Khanty-Mansiysk for the 2010/2011 season. According to the results of the overall seasonal standings, she received 6th place.
Daria Domracheva first competed with a worthy opponent in the 2011/2012 season, when the famous German biathlete herself became one of the competitors for the World Cup. Then the German announced the final stage of her sports career and finally decided to take awards in all disciplines. The intrigue dissipated only towards the end of the season, when it became clear that Domracheva had equalized the speed indicators of the world champion. Then Daria won gold in the pursuit category and became the world champion. At the end of the season, the newly minted biathlon star acquired two small crystal globes and was only 28 points behind her rival.
Domracheva’s subsequent career alternated with great starts and high-profile falls. Despite the speed, the shooting was not always great. She received her second gold for an excellent mass start in Nove Mesto; according to the overall results, Daria repeated the previous year’s figure.
The Sochi Olympics in 2014 was a real triumph for Domracheva. Despite the only miss in the second shooting range, Dasha won the 15 km individual race, earning her first gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi. 3 days later, on February 14, 2014, Domracheva again took the start in the individual race, leaving no chance for her rivals. This was the second gold in Sochi.
On February 17, Dasha Domracheva puts a beautiful end to the mass start. Having made only one mistake, the biathlete brought the third gold medal to the national team. It was a triumphant week in the girl’s sports career. 3 gold medals at one Olympics became a record in the history of Belarusian biathlon.
On the same day, the President congratulated Daria Domracheva and also awarded her the title “Hero of Belarus”.
Before the home Olympics, the Russian Biathlon Union invited Domracheva back to the national team. Daria confirmed that such a conversation actually took place, but ended in nothing. In addition, the champion refuted the words of the former head of the RBU that his parents called him before leaving for Minsk, and in particular the words that “they could only be kept with money.”
“The stories that are popping up about my intentions to move to Russia... all this is far-fetched. You shouldn't even pay attention to them. Even when I encountered difficulties in the first year (I had restrictions on performances), I in no way thought about moving to Russia.”
After this, Daria Domracheva took a break from her sports career. Due to illness, the girl decided to skip the 2015/2016 season. Then the biathlete’s personal life “prevented” her return to the sport. Due to pregnancy and childbirth, Daria Domracheva missed the first three stages of the 2016/2017 Biathlon World Cup.
Personal life
The personal life of Daria Domracheva worried many. Information about the relationship between Dasha and the multiple Olympic champion was repeatedly leaked to the press. The girl denied the rumors, claiming that the famous biathlete had nothing to do with her personal life. However, in 2012, Ole separated from his wife, which provoked another surge in sensational headlines.
Then Domracheva and Bjoerndalen did not consider it necessary to report to journalists. As the biathlon star herself stated, it will be possible to judge her personal life and spread rumors only after announcing her marriage. And after 4 years, the athletes actually told fans about the wedding.
In July 2016, the biathletes put an end to the controversy and rumors by publishing a photo from the wedding ceremony. Back in March 2016, Ole Einar admitted that he and Dasha were preparing to become parents.
October 1 Daria Domracheva. For the sake of the child, the young father, for the first time in many years, missed the training phase before the 2016/2017 season; all the thoughts of the great athlete were occupied with his family. Immediately after giving birth, Daria announced that she would return to big-time sports at the beginning of 2017.
The husband often becomes a hero "Instagram" Daria, but the biathlete does not share photos of her child with fans. The woman periodically posts everyday photos from her vacation, in which she is in a swimsuit, or from official meetings, but tries to stick to the theme specified in the account header: sports and active recreation.
Daria Domracheva now
On January 6, 2017, Daria Domracheva appeared at the World Cup stage in Oberhof, then at the stage in Hochfilzen, where she took a silver medal in the pursuit race.
On November 26, 2017, the athlete started at the first stage of the World Cup in Ostersund, Sweden. Daria Domracheva competed in the mixed relay. After the race, the biathlete gave an interview in which she admitted that she was satisfied with her own physical shape, and also warned fans and the press that she might miss one stage of the World Cup in order to prepare for the Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018.
At this stage, the Belarusian biathlon team took 11th place. Sergei Bocharnikov and Vladimir Chepelin performed together with Daria. Domracheva made two mistakes, but recovered at the stages in Austria and Italy. From the slopes of Tyrol, Dasha brought two golds and two bronzes.
The Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea added to Dasha’s collection the national Order “For Personal Courage”. This is how Belarus appreciated the biathlete’s contribution to the team’s first ever victory in the relay race and individual silver in the mass start.
In the last event of the program, another athlete, who was favorably affected by the change of citizenship, celebrated her victory - sister,. Nastya has been competing under the flag of Slovakia since 2008 and was the national standard-bearer at the Games in Sochi.
After the main games of the four-year anniversary, Domracheva returned to the World Cup tracks, where she clearly demonstrated her skills. From the Finnish stage, the athlete brought home a medal of the highest standard in the sprint race. In her husband's homeland of Norway, Daria won gold in the pursuit and silver in the sprint. Another 2 gold medals went to the Belarusian at the stage in Tyumen.
In the summer of 2018, the famous biathlete held a press conference at which she announced her retirement from her sports career. Dasha spent a long time choosing between sports and the life of a wife and mother, and settled on the latter. As a child, Domracheva was called Chertoletik, and little Ksenia has the same ebullient energy that needs to be directed. If earlier the athlete more often saw the child sleeping, then “now I am happy to see that my daughter does not lack my attention.”
As a farewell, Domracheva treated the crowd to a berry cake decorated with the image of the Belarusian flag and the inscription: “Thank you! Your Dasha! On Instagram, the woman announced that she and her husband were planning to travel around Norway and Belarus, thus marking a new page in her biography - without professional sports.
Daria Domracheva announced the end of her sports career As the media later wrote, Domracheva may have left biathlon, but biathlon has never left the champion’s heart. And they were not mistaken. Before the New Year 2019, an international couple participated in the Christmas race in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
However, according to a number of websites, the International Biathlon Union did not receive an official letter from Daria Domracheva about her retirement, so she left the Belarusian’s name in the testing pool for the 2018/2019 season.
Daria, who grew up in a creative environment, found herself passionate about fashion: the biathlete presented a line of sportswear for children and adults of her own design. You can purchase the models you like in the online store named after Domracheva. Dasha’s colleague on the national team, Nadezhda Skardino, wished her friend to get involved in outfitting the national team in the future.
The idea for the collection came back in 2015, at the “Race of Legends” biathlon festival. Daria views it as an opportunity to thank the fans for the warm support that she has felt throughout her career on the competition circuit.
In the absence of tournaments and long training camps, Domracheva took up the task of introducing her fellow countrymen to the sport. The Olympic champion became the coach of a kind of Dream Team that participated in the Minsk Half Marathon. The team included deputies, journalists, former athletes, and officials.
Awards
- Hero of Belarus
- Order "For Personal Courage"
- Order of the Fatherland, III degree
- 2007 – two gold medals at the European Championships
- 2011 – silver and bronze medals at the World Championships
- 2012 – gold and silver medals at the World Championships
- 2013 – world championship gold medal
- 2014 – three gold medals at the Sochi Olympics
- 2015 – World Cup winner
- 2017 – silver medal at the World Championships
- 2018 – gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics
Daria Domracheva was born in 1986 in Minsk. Four years later, the whole family moved to Siberia, where the city of Nyagan was being built. Her parents are architects by profession; it is not surprising that her older brother Nikita followed in their footsteps. Even in her childhood, the future biathlon star loved to dance and play basketball, and then, like her older brother, she became interested in cross-country skiing. The girl liked sports much more than studying at school. At the age of 13, she began training in biathlon. After graduating from high school, Domracheva became a student at Tyumen University, but in 2003 the whole family moved to Minsk, where the girl continued her education.
When her sports career began, Daria participated in competitions for Russia, however, the biathlete herself, who has Belarusian roots, wanted to compete as part of the Belarusian national team. In 2005, she already represented her homeland at international competitions. The athlete was able to achieve good results in a fairly short time, and already in 2010 she was considered one of the strongest biathletes in the world. 2014 brought Domracheva triumph and enormous success: she won the individual races and brought three gold medals to the team. For her record, the biathlete received the title “Hero of Belarus”.
In the photo Daria Domracheva as a child
Daria knew her future husband, multiple Olympic biathlon champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, many years ago. For the first time, an athlete approached her at the Games in Vancouver to congratulate her on her bronze medal. The girl was then very happy to receive such attention from the Norwegian, who won silver at these competitions. Perhaps then a spark of sympathy flashed between them, which soon developed into a romantic relationship. However, the athletes themselves carefully hid their personal lives, since Bjoerndalen was married to Italian Natalie Santer. But already at the beginning of 2013, Italian journalists reported on the divorce of the spouses.
In the photo Daria Domracheva and her husband Ole Einar Bjoerndalen
The lovers' romance continued to develop, and in the summer of 2016, fans of the biathletes learned about their wedding: the newlyweds published photos from the wedding ceremony on their page. In the fall of 2016, a daughter, Ksenia, was born in Minsk, which is why the young parents missed the training stage. However, Domracheva did not stay on maternity leave for long, and already in 2017 she began training.
After the birth of the baby, the biathlete’s personal life changed: now the whole family lives in Norway. And in Minsk, the construction of a new house continues, which Daria has been working on for several years. The couple plans to spend a lot of time not only in Norway, but also in Minsk, so their daughter will definitely know Norwegian and Belarusian. The baby’s 42-year-old father is confident that in the future she will be a professional athlete, however, she will choose to be a skier or biathlete herself. Domracheva’s husband also hopes that his daughter will compete for Norway.
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Published 03/15/2017
Domracheva Daria Vladimirovna (b. 1986) – biathlete from the Republic of Belarus. She won gold medals twice at the World Championships, has five Small and one Large World Cup crystal globes in biathlon, three-time champion of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Honored Master of Sports of Belarus, Hero of Belarus. In the second decade of the 21st century, she is one of the strongest biathletes in the world. It has a nickname - “Belarusian Rocket”.
Childhood
Daria was born on August 3, 1986 in the capital of the then Belarusian SSR, the city of Minsk. Dasha's mom and dad were architects by education and main profession. When the girl was 4 years old, the family was forced to move from Belarus to the north of Russia, to Siberia. A new city, Nyagan, was built on the very border of the Tyumen region and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Dasha’s mother was appointed chief architect of the town under construction, and the family stayed there for 15 years, although they originally planned for 5.
If not for this move from Belarus to Siberia, most likely the world would never have known the great athlete DomrachevaDaria. The four-year-old girl was an overly active child, she was restless, and energy simply rushed out of Dasha. Living in Siberia and not skiing was unforgivable. Dasha's older brother Nikita's parents have already enrolled him in the section. And she first tried dancing, then basketball, fell headfirst from the horizontal bar and in 1992, at the age of six, began skiing after her brother. Nikita did not take up skiing for a long time; like his parents, he preferred architecture. And Dasha liked this sport.
Over time, he took the main place in her life, and she attended sports school more often than educational ones, and constant training camps and competitions began. At school, Dasha did not particularly like the exact sciences - algebra, geometry, physics. But there were also favorite subjects - history and geography. Different cities, countries, continents, their past and present. I wanted to know and see everything. Nevertheless, despite the constant travel, Domracheva graduated from school with “good” and “excellent” marks.
Sport
In sports, there were no other grades other than “excellent”. Here she was at her best, she conquered any peak. The very first mentor, Albert Musin, who put the girl on skis, immediately distinguished her from hundreds of others. The second person thanks to whom the world recognized the athlete Daria Domracheva, coach Viktor Postnikov, suggested that in 1999 she try to combine skiing with shooting - to take up biathlon. After finishing his sports career, he participated in the opening of a biathlon school in Nyagan, in which Domracheva became one of the first students.
During one of her visits to her hometown of Minsk on family matters, Daria had a conversation with the coach of the women's biathlon team, she was invited to participate in competitions for the Belarusian team. Dasha loved Belarus, it was her dream to compete for her native country, she gave a positive answer and left Nyagan. Russia did not want to let go of the promising athlete. By that time, Domracheva had victories at Russian junior championships and prizes in European competitions. It took six months to obtain the right to compete for Belarus. The birth certificate in the city of Minsk, Belarusian SSR, played a decisive role.
| Year | Sports achivments |
| 2005 | At the junior world championship, the first was the individual race. The scope on Dasha's rifle falls off, and during the third shooting she misses five times. It ranks 40th. But after this, the sprint and pursuit bring her two victories. |
| 2006 | In the pursuit race at the junior world championship, Dasha receives a bronze medal. She made her debut in the World Cup (the 1st stage took place in Sweden), Domracheva took 16th position in the sprint. |
| 2007 | Two silver medals at the junior world championships - in the pursuit and sprint. |
| 2008 | This season was marked by stability, Dasha firmly established herself in the top 10 biathletes based on the results of all races. During the World Cup stage in Oberhof, a funny incident happened. Daria was the leader of the competition when she came to the second firing position. Inspired by the fight and leadership, she shot while standing when she should have done it lying down. She was not counted as a hit, and Domracheva left the race. However, at the 5th stage of the World Cup, Dasha takes third place in the personal race and for the first time in her life stands on a podium at this level. |
| 2009 | Dasha clearly had no luck in Oberhof. She was again in the lead in the mass start race and was the first to reach the third shooting range with a large gap over her rivals. But the first three bullets flew at someone else's target. Dasha caught herself, started shooting at her own, missed and the assigned 4 penalty laps knocked her out of the fight for the leadership. |
| 2010 | Domracheva made her debut at the Vancouver Olympics, where she won bronze in the 15-kilometer race. The Khante-Mansiysk stage of the World Cup brings Daria silver in the mass start race, and together with her team she wins a bronze medal in the relay competition. The overall standings of the World Cup (it is always held at the end of the season) allowed biathlete Domracheva to take sixth place. |
| 2011 | The heyday of the athlete Domracheva Daria. Finally, a balance between shooting and speed has been found and established. Different stages of the World Cup brought several victories. |
| 2012 | The first time Dasha won the world championship, it happened in the 10-kilometer pursuit race. |
| 2013 | Another gold medal at the world championship, now in a mass start race. The World Cup stages brought 3 victories, 9 ascents to the podium and second position in the final ranking at the end of the season. |
| 2014 | Daria receives the first Small Crystal Globe in her life for the mass start. The season ends with third position in the world according to the results of the overall standings. |
| 2015 | In the overall standings at the final Khanty-Mansiysk stage of the World Cup, first place is rightfully given to biathlete Domracheva. Dasha is the owner of the Big Crystal Globe. |
Daria Domracheva misses the 2015/2016 sports season due to illness.
Despite such successes and good sports results, not a single bookmaker placed special bets on Domracheva before the Winter Olympics in Sochi. But what happened in this southern Russian city requires a separate chapter in the biography of biathlete Daria Domracheva. She was unstoppable there, ran quickly and powerfully, and shot accurately. A new star has lit up in the world history of biathlon.
Golden 2014
The year 2014 was beginning, and very soon, perhaps, the start of the life of biathlete Daria Domracheva was coming. It became truly golden for Dasha.
The leader of the Belarusian women's biathlon team, Dasha Domracheva, becomes the first three-time Olympic champion in Belarus.
On February 9, 2014, the sprint brought Dasha fourth place, she lost to Kuzmina A., Vilukhina O. and Semerenko V.
The first gold medal was received in the 10-kilometer pursuit on February 11, 2014. After the second firing position, Daria began to lead, after the third, the gap from her rivals increased even more. On the approach to the fourth firing line, the time gap with the rivals was about 40 seconds. In the last 20th shot, Dasha allowed herself to miss. This did not stop her from maintaining her leadership position and picking up the flag of her native country at the finish line.
Dasha was congratulated on Olympic gold by the President of the Republic of Belarus A.G. Lukashenko. Athletes of the Belarusian team and fans gathered at his house, and soon the hero of the occasion herself arrived. The President's son gave Dasha flowers, then they picked her up, rocked her and threw her up. There was a tea party until late, where everyone wished Daria another victory, because the 2014 Olympics were only in full swing, there were still many starts ahead.
The second gold was not long in coming and came to Dasha on February 14, 2014 in the 15-kilometer individual race. In it, she missed once in the second firing position, but at a distance she reached crazy speed.
In a mass start race on February 17, 2014, Dasha received her third gold medal at the Sochi Olympics and became the first three-time Olympic champion in the world to win both the games and individual races.
On the day when Dasha won the Olympics for the third time, President Lukashenko awarded her the title of Hero of Belarus. This is the first woman in the country to receive such an award.
When, before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Belarusian President Lukashenko invited Domracheva to carry the country’s flag, she refused. But I decided for myself:
“I won’t carry the Belarusian flag at the opening; I’d rather finish with it in my hands at sports races.”
Our Dasha. What is she like outside of sports?
After stunning victories at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Russians nicknamed Daria Domracheva “Queen of Sochi,” and Belarusian fans and biathlon fans call her so tenderly and touchingly: “Our Dasha.” What is she like outside of sports life?
Dasha loves Russia very much, considers it her native country, but there is only one Motherland for her - Belarus, she is such a patriot.
Daria loves to travel and have fun, she can dance until the morning, her hobbies are snowboarding and surfing, photography and interior design.
She has a diploma of higher education, graduated from BSEU, and graduated from the Department of Tourism Management
The famous biathlete Daria Domracheva was born in Minsk. Her biography can tell about victories and defeats, ups and downs. When the girl turned 4 years old, the family had to move to live in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. They lived in Nyagan for almost 15 years for the reason that Daria’s mother was the main architect of the city. Just at that time it was just beginning to be completely built up.
It was here that Daria Domracheva began to play sports. Her biography says that first the girl’s brother signed up for the ski section, and in 1992 she decided to follow him. Daria's coach was Andrei Doroshenko, he immediately noticed the girl's potential. In 1999, a biathlon school opened in Nyagan. Dasha was very interested in this, and she was one of the first to sign up for training. The first coach's name was Albert Musin.
- First gold. 10 km pursuit race. At the start, Daria was ninth, but she very quickly managed to overtake her rivals and win.
- Second gold. 15 km individual race. The girl simply didn’t give her rivals a chance and won with a big difference in points.
- Third gold. Mass start 12.5 km. Just one miss on four firing lines is an excellent result.
In Sochi, Daria Domracheva managed to break the Olympic record, which was previously set by biathlete Kati Wilhelm. In addition, it was she who became the world's first three-time champion.
Major victories
Here is a list of the athlete’s main victories:
- The first three-time Olympic champion (2014), at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
- Two-time world champion in biathlon. 2012 - Germany, pursuit race. 2013 - Czech Republic, mass start.
- Silver medalist of the world biathlon championships. 2008 - Sweden, mixed relay. 2011 - Russia, mass start. 2012 - Germany, sprint.
- Bronze medalist of the world biathlon championship. 2011 - Russia, mass start.
- Small Crystal Globe - 2010-2011 season, 2011-2012 season, 2013-2014 season.
- Large crystal globe - 2014-2015 in the overall World Cup standings.
Education: interesting facts
Daria really devoted a lot of time to sports. It seemed that she had practically no free time. No one expected that the magnificent athlete would also be a diligent student.
In 2009, Daria defended her thesis in the specialty “Economics and Tourism Management”. However, the athlete decided not to stop there and immediately applied to the university to receive a second higher education, but in the specialty “Business Law”.
Video diary
Daria does not hide anything from her life. It is for this reason that she decided to make a film in the format of a video diary. In it, the girl tells in detail how her career began, what mistakes she made, what feelings she felt after her first victories. The world of big-time sports in one palm through the eyes of Daria Domracheva.
A fascinating story that proves that all the victories were not so easy for the athlete. The main point is that you should always work to achieve what you want with all your heart.
Honorary title
On February 17, 2014, the President of Belarus issued an order. For excellent achievements in sports and high skill in her field, Daria Domracheva was awarded the honorary title “Hero of Belarus”. In the entire history of the country, she became the first woman to win this title. Daria and her family are very proud of this. This is another proof that you need to fight for victory and make every effort to achieve your goal.
Holmenkollen Medal
Daria Domracheva also earned Norway's highest recognition for her achievements in skiing. This medal began to be awarded to athletes in 1895. In the entire history of sports, only 8 athletes deserved it, and Daria was among them. Her outstanding achievements did not go unnoticed.
biography, personal life, awards
The personal lives of celebrities are full of rumors and speculation. Most often they are unfounded, and the information is taken from nowhere. Daria Domracheva did not stand aside.
The media and fans did not leave the girl alone. All for the reason that she did not tell anyone anything about her personal life. There were many rumors that Daria was having an affair with Ole Bjoerndalen, who is recognized as the “king of biathlon.” Some even said that he divorced his wife only in order to marry Domracheva. Dmitry Guberniev was especially “worried” about this. On every broadcast from the women's biathlon, he mentioned the “biathlon wedding.” However, the rumors remained just empty phrases.
The biography of the Belarusian biathlete Daria Domracheva says that very often photographs of Daria with whom she is a director appeared in the media. Sometimes they tried to hint at their romance. However, these are also just rumors. Maxim and Daria are just friends, he helped the girl make a film, which was released in 2010. So we can safely say that there can be no talk about personal feelings here.
No matter what they say, Daria still has not found her life partner. At least she's not married. The girl herself really doesn’t like it when people interfere in her personal life and spread empty rumors. Although she was very amused by the gossip about the wedding. The girl was surprised, but laughed heartily. Daria told the media that when she decides to get married, she will definitely tell this news to everyone who is interested.