He won bronze medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Chernousov's first World Cup victory was in the 4×10 km relay in Switzerland in 2007.

He was promoted to the first placed after the ban of gold and silver medalists, Alexander Legkov and Maxim Vylegzhanin.

[1] In June 2014 Chernousov married the Swiss biathlete and fellow Olympic medalist Selina Gasparin.

[2][3] All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).