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Anton Shipulin

Anton Shipulin
Vladimir Putin and Anton Shipulin 24 February 2014.jpeg
Shipulin with Vladimir Putin in 2014
Personal information
Full name Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin
Nickname(s) "Shipa", "Chip", "The Champion of Everything"
Born (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 29)
Tyumen, RSFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Dynamo
Skis Fischer
Rifle Anschütz 1827F Fortner – Sprint Customised with dragon carved into the forearm
World Cup debut 10 January 2009
Olympic Games
Teams 2 (2010, 2014)
Medals 2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Medals 7 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 9 (2008/09–)
All races 207
Individual victories 10
All victories 21
Individual podiums 40
All podiums 64
Discipline titles 1:
1 Mass start (2014–15)

Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (Russian: Антон Владимирович Шипулин, born Tyumen, Russia 21 August 1987) is a Russian biathlete. He is a lawyer, qualified at Tyumen Law Institute, married, and lives in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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.

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)

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

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

10 victories (1 In, 3 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)


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