Oleksander Zhyrnyi (born 25 February 1987) is a Russian (until 2014 and since 2018) and Ukrainian (2014âÂÂ2018) biathlete.
He wasn't very successful in Russian team, so he moved to Ukraine in 2014. He made his World Cup debut at the 2014âÂÂ15 in ÃÂstersund, Sweden, on 6 December 2014. After that he became a regular member of Ukrainian team.
He moved back to Russia in the summer of 2018.