Beijing 2022: Biathletes Pronouncing Their Names

Ever wondered how you pronounce Simon Desthieux? Or maybe Daniil Serokhvostov? Even Vanessa Voigt could be tricky... then, wonder no more and check how the athletes pronounce their names and the ones of their teammates.

We apologise to some missing teams and individuals: both late nominations and nomination changes made it difficult to catch up with everyone in time before the conclusion of the final World Cup stages before Beijing.

Chapters:
00:00 Team Austria Men
00:09 Team Austria Women
00:24 Team Belarus Women
00:34 Team Belarus Men
00:43 Team Belgium Women
00:45 Team Belgium Men
00:57 Team Bulgaria
01:03 Team Canada Women
01:11 Team Canada Men
01:22 Team Czech Rep. Women
01:35 Team Czech Rep. Men
01:51 Team Estonia Women
01:55 Team Estonia Men
02:01 Team Denmark
02:04 Team Finland Women
02:12 Team Finland Men
02:22 Team France Women
02:33 Team France Men
02:44 Team Germany Women
02:56 Team Germany Men
03:09 Team Italy Women
03:16 Team Italy Men
03:24 Team Japan Women
03:34 Team Japan Men
03:37 Team Latvia
03:41 Team Norway Men
03:58 Team Norway Women
04:12 Team Poland
04:25 Team ROC Women
04:36 Team ROC Men
04:47 Team Slovakia Women
04:58 Team Slovakia Men
05:06 Team Slovenia Women
05:10 Team Slovenia Men
05:17 Team Sweden Women
05:27 Team Sweden Men
05:35 Team Switzerland Women
05:42 Team Switzerland Men
05:50 Team Ukraine Women
05:59 Team Ukraine Men
06:06 Team USA Women
06:15 Team USA Men

[lyric]

I like those small moments of "oh shit, who else is on my team"

[vixter]

I could listen to Emilien Jaqcuelin pronounce French names all day and all night... He could even read me the dictionary and I would listen to every word.

[zzuzu]

I am glad and proud that our Czech commentators pronounce almost all names correctly. Let's go Czech Republic!!!!

[YngtchieMusic]

Sturla, it's not your first name people are struggling to pronounce. :p

[АнонСпоконный]

Had to watch on 0.5 speed to catch some of names. I love how most of people sound quite enthusiastic to pronounce their teammates' names even after slowing down and then come Czech and Sweden :D

[jackward]

I just realised how badly I have been butchering all my favourite Czech tennis players names for years 🤣

[mieberggaard]

As a Norwegian, I disapprove of some of Sturla's pronunciations. Since he was speaking English while saying the names, he ended up saying some of them with an English accent rather than the proper Norwegian accent.

[carl-johanivarsson]

Really helpful, thank you. Belarusian and czech names are difficult. On the other hand, even the norwegians struggle with some swedish names, like Öberg.

[vixter]

I have no idea how the Czech woman managed to pronounce all those names on the first attempt but I was very impressed! :)

[hannah-wdqn]

the german commentators seem to do their job pretty well, no surprises other than røiseland. i always thought it was pronounced like the german 'eu' instead of 'ei'.

[LetsGo-zjtq]

That's a very interesting way to know people of different origins. Would be nice to include name pronouncing from athletes of the host country China. I am sure it will be a completely different world.

[olamarvin]

Missed chance to play a prank on your teammates. "Vetle Schamoosistad Chrahumsinanson."

[leeiideeeii]

French team sounds immaculate. Swedish names hits different when pronounce by a Swede. And Polish name Grzegorz is very difficult to pronounce.

[ondrejbabka]

Tohle by měli pouštět Rejmanovi ve smyčce pořád dokola!

[tigerkub]

I still can only pronounce the French team's names, LOL, but this is awesome! Great video.
Allez les Bleus! 😃

[giordy]

That's amazing, it's great to listen to actual perfect pronunciation especially those with many consonants

[suneholm]

This is one of the most interesting facts you have ever published.
There were quite a few names i never pronounced correct before today.

Vanessa voigt for example.
I thought it was " vojt" but it sounds like "fogt"

[larshansson]

Only major surprise was the pronunciations of the czech girls names. Didn't know you were supposed to emphasize the last letter a. Sounded very cute.

[bohdan]

It is important thing, thanks, more of this

[albertleibold]

Das war jetzt aber etwas schönes. DANKE.