Anton Shipulin

Anton Shipulin
Shipulin in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAnton Vladimirovich Shipulin
Nickname(s)"Shipa", "Chip", "The Champion of Everything", "The genius of the Russian land"
Born (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 36)
Tyumen, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubDynamo
SkisFischer
RifleAnschütz 1827F Fortner – Sprint Customised with dragon carved into the forearm
World Cup debut10 January 2009
Retired31 December 2018
World Championships
Teams6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Medals7 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 (2008/09–2017/18)
All races257
Individual victories11
All victories22
Individual podiums44
All podiums70
Discipline titles1:
1 Mass start (2014–15)
Updated on 8 March 2018.

Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (Russian: Антон Владимирович Шипулин; born 21 August 1987) is a retired Russian biathlete and politician serving as the member of the State Duma since 2019.

Sport career

Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors), he was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season (2009/2010).[citation needed] Shipulin won the bronze medal as part of the Russian men's relay team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the aftermath of the competition, he was awarded an order For Merit to the Fatherland by the Russian president.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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 and also Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start event from 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[citation needed]

On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge (Christmas Race).

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 36th 30th 20th 22nd Bronze —*
Russia 2014 Sochi 4th 14th 11th Gold DSQ
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Not allowed to compete
* The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships

7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 37th 21st Silver
Germany 2012 Ruhpolding 13th Bronze 29th 6th 5th
Czech Republic 2013 Nové Město 33rd 7th Bronze Silver 4th 6th
Finland 2015 Kontiolahti 16th 18th Silver 7th 4th 10th
Norway 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 14th 45th 9th 9th 6th 7th
Austria 2017 Hochfilzen 7th 21st 4th 4th Gold Bronze
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
Finland 2005 Kontiolahti 7th 7th 5th
United States 2006 Presque Isle 18th 33rd 17th Gold
Italy 2007 Martell-Val Martello Silver 11th 5th 7th
Germany 2008 Ruhpolding Silver Gold Gold Gold

World Cup

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2008–09 12 93rd 0 0 12 69th 0
2009–10 374 23rd 39 36th 162 19th 84 23rd 89 22nd
2010–11 417 19th 71 20th 157 21st 110 21st 79 22nd
2011–12 637 8th 40 26th 201 17th 224 9th 172 5th
2012–13 628 9th 40 26th 211 14th 247 3rd 120 15th
2013–14 544 8th 21 35th 232 7th 234 3rd 57 23rd
2014–15 978 2nd 61 16th 370 2nd 305 2nd 242 1st
2015–16 806 3rd 100 4th 251 5th 300 2nd 155 3rd
2016–17 918 2nd 126 2nd 248 6th 392 2nd 177 3rd
2017–18 697 3rd 26 27th 256 4th 254 3rd 174 5th

Individual victories

11 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2010–11
1 victory
(1 Sp)
20 January 2011 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2011–12
1 victory
(1 Pu)
15 January 2012 Czech Republic Nové Město 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2012–13
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 Pu)
18 January 2013 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
19 January 2013 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2013–14
1 victory
(1 Pu)
8 March 2014 Slovenia Pokljuka 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2014–15
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 MS)
19 December 2014 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
21 December 2014 Slovenia Pokljuka 15 km mass start Biathlon World Cup
2015–16
1 victories
(1 Pu)
23 January 2016 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2016–17
2 victories
(1 In, 1 PU)
20 January 2017 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km individual Biathlon World Cup
18 March 2017 Norway Holmenkollen 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2017–18
1 victory
(1 Sp)
8 March 2018 Finland Kontiolahti 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Political career

In January 2019, Shipulin announced that he would be a candidate for the United Russia nomination in the 2019 State Duma by-election in Serov constituency. In the primary on 26 May, Shipulin defeated 5 other candidates, scoring 78.13% and won nomination for the United Russia. In the by-election on 8 September, Shipulin won, gaining 41.59%.

Sanctions

Shipulin was Sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in 2022 in relation to Russo–Ukrainian War.


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