Anton Shipulin Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin Russian Антон

Anton Shipulin

Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (Russian: Антон Владимирович Шипулин, born 21 August 1987) is a Russian biathlete. Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors). The bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic Games 2010. He was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season (2009/2010). He got a medal "For merits before Fatherland" from Russian president after the Winter Olympic Games 2010. Together with Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov and Dmitry Malyshko he won the gold medal in the Men´s Relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. His sister Anastasiya Kuzmina, (Slovak biathlete), is the Olympic champion in the 7. 5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Biography • Famous Russian biathlete Anton Shipulin (full name Anton Vladimirovich was born in the Russian city of Tyumen. This significant event has occurred in 1987, August 21. Anton Shipulin is the bronze medalist of the Olympic games in the canadian city of Vancouver in 2010 and absolute European champion in biathlon 2008 among juniors. Parents of Anton Shipulin - too athletes. His father - Vladimir Shipulin and mother Alla Ubushaeva Shipulin - are masters of sports in biathlon and ski races. Anton and his older sister Anastasia started to play sports during childhood. First, Anton Shipulin became involved in racing skiing under the supervision of his father, but when he saw the rifle sisters Anastasia who was engaged in biathlon, immediately fell in love with this sport. In 2002, Anton Shipulin began to train Mikhail Novikov in the town of Khanty-Mansiysk, which was then and is now famous biathlete Svetlana Sleptsova. Two years later, Anton Shipulin has returned to the city of Tyumen and enrolled to study law at the law Institute. The once Anton Shipulin twice won the Junior festival of Europe, it was noticed Vladimir Putrov(recall that he has brought up such Olympic Champions, as Evgeniy Redkin, Yuri Kashkarov and Alexander Popov ). In 2006, Anton Shipulin moved in to live and train in the city of Yekaterinburg on the proposal of Vladimir Putrov.

• For the 2008 -2009 season Anton was prepared by the Russian national team under the guidance of the Century A. Alikina. By results of control training coaching staff decided that the season Anton will start from the start in the IBU Cup. December 20, 2008 and in Martel Val Martello in the pursuit, beginning with the 18 th position with backlog from the leader of the athlete was able to close the top three winners. In 2009, C. A. Alikin caused Shipulina for the January world cups. In Oberhof 10 January 2009 Anton debuted in the sprint and showed 72 nd time. Following the start of the world Cup became a sprint race in Ruhpolding, where Anton at the finish was again 72) poor performance of a debutant of the world Cup was not only a consequence transferred colds, but primarily due to the fact that the young organism not managed to recover from excessive loads during the training session in the national team[6]. Then the coaching staff decided that Anton will not go to the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang, and will prepare with his personal coach for the European Championship. Becoming in Ufa bronze prizewinner of championship of Europe in sprint and relay[7], he got right to the start of the world Cup. The first points in the world Cup standings A. Shipulin earned in pursuit, the results of which became the 29 -m 12 earned in pursuit points athlete ended the season at the 93 rd place in the overall world Cup standings.

Sports career Russian competition • • • In December 2007, Anton has become the winner of the «Izhevsk rifle» among juniors in the individual race. 25 December 2009, won the individual competition «Izhevsk rifle» and qualified for the January world cups. 7 April 2012 at the «Race of Champions» in Moscow Anton won the silver medal in the mass start and has also become the second at mixed relay (in doubles with her sister Anastasia Kuzmina) In March 2013 won the silver medal in Megamassstart at the international tournament «Russian Open Cup for the prizes of the Governor of the Tyumen region» , and a day later, in the pursuit won the gold medal In April 2013 at the «Race of Champions» in Moscow, he won the mass start and took the 2 nd place in the mixed relay (together with Anastasia Kuzmina)

Achievements at the Olympic games • • • February 26, 2010 Anton Shipulin together with Ivan Cherezov, Maxim Chudov, Evgeny Ustyugov became a bronze winner of the Olympic winter games in Vancouver in relay 4 x 7, 5 km. Relay Quartet Russia had lost in the struggle for the «silver» of the team of Austria 0. 2 seconds. February 8, 2014 ranked fourth in the sprint race at the Olympics in Sochi on February 22, 2014 in the Russian men's relay team, together with Alexei Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov and Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin became the Olympic champion in relay 4 x 7, 5 km

Achievements at the Olympic games Season 2008 -2009 • • 10 January 2009 debut at the world Cup in Oberhof in the sprint and was ranked 72 nd place. 28 March, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk in the pursuit earned their first points in the overall world Cup standings Season 2009 -2010 • 19 December 2009 for the first time has got in «the flower ceremony» , which showed the fifth time in the sprint at the world Cup in Pokljuka. • on January 17, 2010, the first victory in the relay. Together with I. Cherezov, M. Chudov and E. Ustyugov has excelled in the relay race at the world Cup in Ruhpolding The 2010 -2011 season • • 20 January 2011 won the first individual victory in the sprint race at the stage in Anterselva First time on the podium in the race with a General launch: the third place

The 2011 -2012 season • • • January 15, 2012 won in the pursuit race at the world Cup in Nove mesto na Morave. on January 21, 2012 took the second place in the mass start at the world Cup in Anterselva. on 18 th of March took third place in the mass start at the world Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. The 2012 -2013 season • • • 2 December 2012 took third place in the pursuit race at the world Cup in Ostersund. 9 December 2012 took third place in the relay in structure of Andrey Makoveev, Evgeny Ustyugov and Dmitry Malyshko on the world Cup in Hochfilzen 4 January 2013 took the first place in the relay in the composition of Alexey Volkov Evgeny Garanichev and Dmitry Malyshko at the world Cup in Oberhof 18 January 2013 victory in the sprint race at the world Cup in Anterselva, and the next day he won the race persecution. 20 January 2013 there, in Anterselva, took second place in the relay in the composition of Evgeny Ustyugov, Evgeny Garanichev and Dmitry Malyshko. 10 March 2013 at the world Cup in Sochi won the first place in the relay in the composition of Alexander Loginov, Dmitriy Malyshko and Evgeny Ustyugov.

Awards and sports titles • • • The order of Friendship (February 24, 2014) - for great contribution to development of physical culture and sports, high achievements in sports for the XXII Olympic winter games 2014 in Sochi Medal of the order «For merits before Fatherland» II degree (5 March 2010) - for great contribution to development of physical culture and sports, high achievements in sports at the Games of the XXI Olympiad in 2010 in Vancouver Honored master of sports of Russia