Andriy Deryzemlya

{{Short description|Ukrainian biathlete (born 1977)}}

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| caption = Deryzemlya at the World Championships in 2008.

| fullname = Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|8|18}}

| birth_place = Zhovtneve, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union

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| disciplines = Biathlon

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| wcdebut = 7 December 1996

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| olympicteams = 5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)

| olympicmedals = 0

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| worldsteams = 17 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

| worldsmedals = 2

| worldsgolds = 0

| wcseasons = 18 (1996/97–2013/14)

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| wcwins = 1

| wcrelayswins = 1

| wcpodiums = 8 (1 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze)

| wcrelayspodiums = 13 (1 gold, 3 silver, 9 bronze)

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{{MedalSport | Men's biathlon }}

{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | {{Nowrap|2011 Khanty-Mansiysk}} | {{Nowrap|4 × 7.5 km relay}}}}

{{MedalBronze | {{nowrap|2007 Antholz-Anterselva}} | {{nowrap|10 km sprint}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Kontiolahti |{{nowrap|20 km individual}}}}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Forni Avoltri|12.5 km pursuit}}

{{MedalGold |2005 Novosibirsk|12.5 km pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Novosibirsk |10 km sprint}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Novosibirsk |4 × 7.5 km relay}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Langdorf |4 × 7.5 km relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Tarvisio|10 km sprint}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Tarvisio|15 km mass start}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Innsbruck|12.5 km pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Innsbruck|Relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2003 Tarvisio|12.5 km pursuit}}

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Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya ({{langx|uk|Андрій Васильович Дериземля}}; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championship. In 2008 together with Oksana Khvostenko he won World Team Challenge.

Deryzemlya retired from the sport after the end of the 2013–14 season, starting a political career.{{cite web |url=http://www.snowalps.com/sport/biathlon/news/serguei-sednev-si-ritira-con-effetto-immediato |title=Serguei Sednev retires with immediate effect |last=Paone |first=Francesco |date=19 December 2014 |website=Snowalps |publisher=Neve Italia |access-date=25 December 2014}} In the 2014 parliamentary election Deryzemlya took part at the single-mandate district No. 205 in Chernihiv Oblast and failed them having finished second with 14.1% of votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/WP407?pt001f01=910&pf7201=9862|title=Andriy Deryzemlya|publisher=Central Election Commission of Ukraine}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vnd2014/WP040?PT001F01=910&pf7331=205|title=Single-mandate district No.205 results|publisher=Central Election Commission of Ukraine}} Before that he had founded the Centre for Support of Army in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://xsport.ua/biathlon_s/news/derizemlya-organizoval-tsentr-podderzhki-armii_106506/|title=Deryzemlya organised the Centre for Support of Army|publisher=XSport}} On 29 November 2014, Deryzemlya refused from his plot of land in Chernihiv in favour of the family of a Ukrainian soldier who was killed in the war in Donbas.{{cite web|url=http://gazeta.ua/articles/life/_ukrayinskij-biatlonist-vidmovivsya-vid-zemelnoyi-dilyanki-na-korist-simyi-bijcya-ato/595825|title=Український біатлоніст відмовився від земельної ділянки на користь сім'ї бійця АТО|trans-title=Ukrainian biathlete gives up land plot in favor of ATO fighter's family |date=29 November 2014 |publisher=gazeta.ua}}