Irina Starykh

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| caption = Open European Championships Biathlon 2017, Individual Women's race, held on January 25th.

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|26 August 1987}}

| birth_place = Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| wcdebut = 1 March 2013

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Irina Aleksandrovna Starykh ({{langx|ru|Ирина Александровна Старых}}; born 26 August 1987) is a Russian biathlete.

Career

She won the gold medal in the sprint competition at the 2013 European Championships.

Starykh was seen as a medal hope for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but was withdrawn from the team after she failed a doping test.{{cite news |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-biathlete-irina-starykh-receives-2-year-ban-for-doping/503603.html |title=Russian Biathlete Irina Starykh Receives 2-Year Ban For Doping |work=The Moscow Times |date=July 17, 2014 |access-date=2016-02-25 }}

She was disqualified for doping for three years since 23 December 2013.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

=World Championships=

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align=left\|{{flagicon\|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen \|42nd \|24th \|4th \|15th \|10th \|— \|{{n/a}}
align=left\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} 2019 Östersund \|— \|44th \|45th \| — \|— \|— \|—

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!Single mixed relay

align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Hochfilzen

|42nd

|24th