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Anton Shipulin

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.

Anton Shipulin
Антон Шипулин
Shipulin in 2019
Member of the State Duma for
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 September 2019[1]
Preceded bySergey Bidonko
ConstituencySerov (No. 174)
Personal details
Born (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 37)
Tymen, RSFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Education
Sports career
Nickname(s)"Shipa", "Chip", "The Champion of Everything", "The genius of the Russian land"
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubDynamo
SkisFischer
RifleAnschütz 1827F Fortner – Sprint [2] Customised with dragon carved into the forearm [3]
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)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 1 2 3
Junior/Youth World Championships 4 2 0
Total 5 5 4
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km relay
Disqualified 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Nové Město 15 km mass start
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kontiolahti 12.5 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Rupholding 12.5 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Nové Město 12.5 km pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ruhpolding 10 km sprint
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ruhpolding 12.5 km pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2007 Martell 15 km individual
Silver medal – second place 2008 Ruhpolding 15 km individual
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Presque Isle 3 × 7.5 km relay
Updated on 8 March 2018

Biography

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He was born in the family of Vladimir Shipulin and Alla Shipulina, masters of sports in cross-country skiing and biathlon.[4] He started training at an early age, at first he took up ski racing under the guidance of his father, but once he saw a rifle from his older sister, Anastasiya Kuzmina, who was doing biathlon, he got the idea to try his hand at biathlon.[5] In 2002, his parents arranged for their son to go to a sports school in Khanty-Mansiysk to work with Svetlana Sleptsova's coach Mikhail Novikov. Under his guidance, Shipulin began his career in biathlon.

Sport career

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In 2004, he returned to his hometown, Tyumen, and entered the Tyumen Law Institute. After 2 victories at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, he drew the attention of Vladimir Putrov, coach of Olympic champions Juri Kashkarov, Evgeny Redkin and Aleksandr Popov. After receiving an offer from Putrov, Shipulin moved to Yekaterinburg in 2006. He got his first victory as a member of the relay team at the 2006 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Presque Isle, USA.

In 2007 in Val Martello, Italy, he was silver medallist in the individual pursuit, opening the account of personal victories at the international level. At the 2007 Biathlon European Championships he won a full set of medals: silver in the sprint, bronze in the pursuit and gold in the relay. In 2008 he successfully performed at the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding: he was the first in sprint and pursuit, having made a series of six consecutive zeroes; together with Dmitry Blinov, Pavel Magazeev, Victor Vasiliev he won the relay; in the individual race he missed a shot and became the silver medallist, where he missed only 0.6 seconds. At the 2008 Biathlon European Championships he became the absolute European champion under 21, winning all 3 individual races and the relay.

For the 2008/2009 season he was preparing for the Russian national team under the guidance of Vladimir Alikin. According to the results of control training the coaching staff decided that the athlete would start the season with IBU Cup. On December 20, 2008 in the pursuit race, starting from 18th position, he managed to finish in the top three. In 2009, Alikin challenged Shipulin to the January rounds of the World Cup. In Oberhof on January 10, 2009 he made his debut in the sprint and showed 72nd time. The next start in the World Cup was the sprint race in Ruhpolding, where Anton again finished 72nd. The low results of the World Cup debutant were not only a consequence of a cold, but primarily due to the fact that the young body has not had time to recover from excessive loads during the national team training camp.[6] Then the coaching staff decided that Anton would not go to the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang, but would prepare with his personal coach for the European Championships. Having become a bronze medallist of the European Championships in Ufa in sprint and relay,[7] the biathlete again got the right to start at the World Cup stages. He earned his first points in the World Cup standings in the pursuit race, where he finished 29th. With 12 points earned in the pursuit, the athlete finished the season in 93rd place in the overall World Cup standings.

He was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season (2009/2010). 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge (Christmas Race).[11]

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[12]

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

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

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
  2011 Khanty-Mansiysk — 37th 21st — Silver —
  2012 Ruhpolding — 13th Bronze 29th 6th 5th
  2013 Nové Město 33rd 7th Bronze Silver 4th 6th
  2015 Kontiolahti 16th 18th Silver 7th 4th 10th
  2016 Oslo Holmenkollen 14th 45th 9th 9th 6th 7th
  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

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6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

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

World Cup

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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

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

Season Date Location Discipline Level
2010–11
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 20 January 2011   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
2011–12
1 victory
(1 Pu)		 15 January 2012   Nové Město 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2012–13
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 Pu)		 18 January 2013   Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
19 January 2013   Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2013–14
1 victory
(1 Pu)		 8 March 2014   Pokljuka 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2014–15
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 MS)		 19 December 2014   Pokljuka 10 km sprint Biathlon World Cup
21 December 2014   Pokljuka 15 km mass start Biathlon World Cup
2015–16
1 victories
(1 Pu)		 23 January 2016   Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2016–17
2 victories
(1 In, 1 PU)		 20 January 2017   Antholz-Anterselva 20 km individual Biathlon World Cup
18 March 2017   Holmenkollen 12.5 km pursuit Biathlon World Cup
2017–18
1 victory
(1 Sp)		 8 March 2018   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

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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.[13] In the primary on 26 May, Shipulin defeated 5 other candidates, scoring 78.13% and won nomination for the United Russia.[14] In the by-election on 8 September, Shipulin won, gaining 41.59%.[15]

Sanctions

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Shipulin was Sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in 2022 in relation to Russo–Ukrainian War.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "На пленарном заседании представили новых депутатов" [New deputies were introduced at the plenary session]. State Duma (in Russian). Moscow. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ "J.G. ANSCHÜTZ GMBH & Co. KG - Biathlon". Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. ^ "Biathlon Rifles | Calgary Biathlon Racers". Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ^ "Семья биатлониста Шипулина рассказала об успехах в спорте". Российская газета (in Russian). 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  5. ^ "Семейный дуплет. Брат и сестра Шипулины в Ванкувере будут добывать спортивную славу для разных стран". Archived from the original on 2013-05-12.
  6. ^ "Шипулин: в этом сезоне я перетренировался". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01.
  7. ^ "Антон Шипулин: две медали чемпионата Европы в первый год выступления по мужикам — отличный результат". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
  8. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 5 марта 2010 года № 278 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»". Archived from the original on 2013-04-26.
  9. ^ Rogovitskiy, Dmitriy (February 23, 2014). "Shipulin steers Russia to gold". Reuters.
  10. ^ O'Connor, Philip; Ransom, Ian (17 February 2018). "Biathlon: Kuzmina finally gets her gold in mass start". Archived from the original on February 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Шипулин объявил о завершении карьеры
  12. ^ "Anton Shipulin". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  13. ^ Шипулин собрался в Госдуму
  14. ^ Антон Шипулин выиграл праймериз ЕР в связи с довыборами в Госдуму на Урале
  15. ^ Антон Шипулин победил на довыборах в Госдуму в Свердловской области
  16. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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