Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina ( sk, Anastasia Kuzminová, russian: Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина; née Shipulina; born 28 August 1984) is a retired Russian-born Slovak

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Career

Kuzmina represented Slovakia from December 2008 and won the silver medal two months later in mass start at the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in

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. She won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a silver medal in the 10 km pursuit at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kuzmina's victory made her the second Slovak after

Ondrej Nepela Ondrej Nepela (22 January 1951 – 2 February 1989) was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–73), and a five-time European champion (1969–73). Later in h ...

to win a

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gold medal, and the first for independent Slovakia.Vancouver2010.com 13 February 2010 biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint results.
– accessed 13 February 2010 She won another medal – bronze, at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships in

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. At the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, she again won the gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint. At the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

, she took silver medals in the pursuit and the

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before taking the gold in the

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, hitting 19 out of 20 targets to become the first biathlete to win gold medals in three consecutive Games, and tying her as the Slovak sportsperson with the most Olympic golds alongside canoeists

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and

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. In the 2017–18 season she took her first discipline World Cup titles, winning the Crystal Globes for the sprint and pursuit disciplines. She also finished the season second in the overall World Cup standings, three points behind champion

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. Her brother

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. Sport career Absolute champion of E ...

is a Russian biathlete. Her husband, Daniel Kuzmin, is an Israeli cross-country skier and Kuzmina's personal coach. They have one son, Yelisey, and one daughter, Olivia. She, her husband and their children live in

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. She speaks

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, Slovak and

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''6 medals (3 gold, 3 silver)'' Kuzmina has won six medals from Olympic Games. In

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she won a gold medal in the sprint and a silver medal in pursuit and in

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she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint, becoming the first woman in biathlon to successfully defend an individual Olympic title. In

she won three medals, gold in the 12.5 km mass start event and silver in the 10 km pursuit and in the 15 km individual race. :''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)'' Kuzmina has won three medals from World Championships. In Pyeonchang she won a silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start. In

she won a bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint.

World Cup

Overall record

:''* Results in IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships.''

Individual victories

:''*Results are from IBU races which include the

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and the

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.'' ''Updated on 25 March 2018''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzmina, Anastasiya 1984 births Living people People from Tyumen Russian emigrants to Slovakia Naturalized citizens of Slovakia Russian female biathletes Slovak female biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Slovakia Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic silver medalists for Slovakia Olympic gold medalists for Slovakia Biathlon World Championships medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Sportspeople from Tyumen Oblast