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'''The 17th [[Biathlon European Championships]]''' were held in [[Otepää]], [[Estonia]] from March 2 to March 7, 2010.

There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.

== Schedule of events ==
[[File:Logo IBU OECH 2010.png|thumb|120px|Biathlon European Championships 2010 official logo]]
The schedule of the event stands below. All times in [[Central European Time|CET]].
{| class="wikitable"
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! Date
! Event
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| rowspan=4 | March 2 || U26 Men's 20 km individual
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| U26 Women's 15 km individual
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| U21 Men's 20 km individual
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| U21 Women's 15 km individual
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| rowspan=3 | March 4 || U26 Men's 4*7.5 km relay
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| U21 Women's 4*6 km relay
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| U21 2*6+2*7.5 km mixed relay
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| rowspan=4 | March 6 || U26 Men's 10 km sprint
|-
| U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint
|-
| U21 Men's 10 km sprint
|-
| U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint
|-
| rowspan=4 | March 7 || U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
|-
| U26 Women's 10 km pursuit
|-
| U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
|-
| U21 Women's 10 km pursuit
|}

==Results==
===U26===
====Men's====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| Men's 10 km sprint || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Böhm]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ronny Hafsås]]
|-
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Erik Lesser]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Knie]]
|-
| Men's 20 km individual || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Knie]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleg Berezhnoy]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]]
|-
| Men's 4*7.5 km relay || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]<br />[[Simon Schempp]]<br />[[Erik Lesser]]<br />[[Daniel Böhm]]<br />[[Christoph Knie]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]<br />[[Alexey Volkov (biathlete)|Alexey Volkov]]<br />[[Dmitry Malyshko]]<br />[[Vladimir Semakov]]<br />[[Victor Vasilyev]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]<br />[[Tanguy Roche]]<br />[[Jean-Guillaume Béatrix]]<br />[[Arnaud Langel]]<br />[[Vincent Porret]]
|}
====Women's====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| Women's 7.5 km sprint || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valj Semerenko]] || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Diana Rasimovičiūtė]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vita Semerenko]]
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| Women's 10 km pursuit || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vita Semerenko]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kathrin Hitzer]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Shumilova]]
|-
| Women's 15 km individual || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Kathrin Hitzer]] || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Diana Rasimovičiūtė]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Franziska Hildebrand]]
|-
| [[Biathlon European Championships 2010 – Women's 4 x 6 km Relay|Women's 4*6 km relay]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]<br />[[Stefanie Hildebrand]]<br />[[Juliane Döll]]<br />[[Franziska Hildebrand]]<br />[[Kathrin Hitzer]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukraine]]<br />[[Olena Pidhrushna]]<br />[[Valj Semerenko]]<br />[[Svetlana Krykonchuk]]<br />[[Vita Semerenko]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]<br />[[Olga Vilukhina]]<br />[[Ekaterina Yurlova]]<br />[[Ekaterina Glazyrina]]<br />[[Ekaterina Shumilova]]
|}

===U21===
====Men's====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| Men's 10 km sprint || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maksim Burtasov]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Evgeny Petrov]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Vladimir Alenishko]]
|-
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Vozniak]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maksim Burtasov]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Vladimir Alenishko]]
|-
| Men's 20 km individual || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Turgenev]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Vozniak]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Rémi Borgeot]]
|}

====Women's====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| Women's 7.5 km sprint || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tiril Eckhoff]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Kalina]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Synnøve Solemdal]]
|-
| Women's 10 km pursuit || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Synnøve Solemdal]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Kalina]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tiril Eckhoff]]
|-
| Women's 15 km individual || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Monika Hojnisz]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen]] || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Tiril Eckhoff]]
|}
====Mixed====
{| class="wikitable"
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! Competition !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| Mixed 2*6+2*7.5 km relay || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]<br />[[Leslie Mercier]]<br />[[Sophie Boilley]]<br />[[Yann Guigonnet]]<br />[[Rémi Borgeot]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]<br />[[Larisa Kuznetsova]]<br />[[Anastasia Kalina]]<br />[[Evgeny Petrov]]<br />[[Maksim Burtasov]] || {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Roumania]]<br />[[Réka Ferencz]]<br />[[Diana Mihalache]]<br />[[Ștefan Gavrilă]]<br />[[Roland Gerbacea]]
|}

==Medal table==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! № !! Country !! Gold !! Silver !! Bronze !! Total
|-
| 1 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]] || 5 || 2 || 2 || 9
|-
| 2 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]] || 3 || 7 || 3 || 13
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| 3 || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukraine]] || 3 || 3 || 1 || 7
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]] || 2 || 1 || 4 || 7
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
|-
| 6 || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| 7 || {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Lithuania]] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| 8 || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Belarus]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
| 9 || {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Roumania]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|}

== External links ==
* [http://services.biathlonresults.com/Schedule.aspx IBU full results]

{{Biathlon European Championships}}

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