Sanita Buliņa
 Buliņa in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Latvian |
| Born | 20 April 2001 Alūksne, Latvia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Latvia |
| Sport | Biathlon |
Sanita Buliņa (born 4 April 2001) is a Latvian biathlete who has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2020.[1]
Career
[edit]Sanita Buliņa made her first appearances in international biathlon competitions at the 2018 Youth World Championships and also competed in the IBU Junior Cup during the following winter. In general, she had limited success at the junior level at first, with her best result being 18th place in the Junior Sprint at the 2019 Summer Biathlon World Championships. With the start of the 2019/20 season, the Latvian made her IBU Cup debut and participated throughout the entire winter, though she did not achieve any top-60 finishes. However, in January 2020, she made her debut at the World Championships in Antholz, competing at the highest level. In the 2020/21 season, Buliņa was part of the World Cup team from the start and immediately achieved a respectable 64th place in the sprint in Hochfilzen. After another World Championship appearance, where her best result was 67th in the individual event, the Latvian surprisingly finished 32nd in the sprint race in Östersund at the end of the season, outpacing athletes from the extended world elite, such as Emma Lunder and Yevgeniya Pavlova.[2][3] This result was unexpected, as Buliņa had a slow shooting pace but hit all targets, which had only occasionally happened before. Motivated by this result, Buliņa won medals in all three events at the Youth Summer Biathlon World Championships in 2021, despite making several shooting mistakes.[4][5][6] Before that, she had competed in two cross-country races on roller skis in her homeland, both times losing to Baiba Bendika.
At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Buliņa earned World Cup points for the first time in nearly three years, finishing 33rd in the sprint and 30th in the pursuit in Östersund. However, due to poor shooting statistics, she was unable to repeat these results and was not nominated for the World Championships, except for the women’s relay, and she did not impress at the European Championships either.
Biathlon results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
World Championships
[edit]| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2020 Antholz-Anterselva
|
— | 98th | — | — | 23rd | — | — |
 2021 Pokljuka
|
67th | 92nd | — | — | 22nd | 23rd | — |
 2023 Oberhof
|
— | 71st | — | — | — | — | — |
 2024 Nové Město
|
— | — | — | — | 15th | — | — |
World Cup
[edit]| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Races | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2019–20 | 1/21 | Did not earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 11/26 | 9 | 86th | — | — | 9 | 79th | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 9/22 | Did not earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | 6/20 | ||||||||||
| 2023–24 | 8/21 | 19 | 78th | — | — | 8 | 76th | 11 | 66th | — | — |
Youth and Junior World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2018 Otepää
|
17 | 37th | 49th | 38th | 11th |
 2019 Osrblie
|
18 | 39th | 61st | — | 17th |
 2020 Lenzerheide
|
19 | 64th | 48th | 53rd | 18th |
 2021 Obertilliach
|
20 | 72nd | 44th | 48th | — |
 2022 Soldier Hollow
|
21 | 52nd | 44th | 50th | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete Statistics - real biathlon". www.realbiathlon.com.
- ^ "Sanitai Buliņai un Sabulei karjeras rekordi 15 kilometru klasikā | Sportazinas.com". www.sportazinas.com. November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Sanita Buliņa sasniedz karjeras rekordu Ostersundā". March 19, 2021.
- ^ "Sanita Buliņa izcīna sudrabu PČ junioriem vasara biatlonā sprinta disciplīnā | Sportazinas.com". www.sportazinas.com. August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Buliņa izcīna bronzu PČ junioriem vasaras biatlona iedzīšanas sacensībās | Sportazinas.com". www.sportazinas.com. August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Buliņa pasaules junioru čempionātā vasaras biatlonā iegūst otro vietu supersprintā | Sportazinas.com". www.sportazinas.com. August 26, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sanita Bulina at the Latvian Athletics Association (in Latvian)
- Sanita Bulina at IBU
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