Anna Sergeyevna Shibanova (russian: Анна Сергеевна Шибанова; born 10 November 1994) is a Russian

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and member of the Russian national team, currently serving as an alternate captain of Agidel Ufa in the

Zhenskaya Hockey League The Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; russian: Женская хоккейная лига, translit=Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga, translation=Women's Hockey League), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey leagu ...

(ZhHL). She has represented Russia at six

IIHF Women's World Championship The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The offi ...

s, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in

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and

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, and won gold in the women's ice hockey tournaments at the

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s in

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and

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. Her twin sister

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is also an ice hockey player.

International career

Shibanova was selected for the Russia women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all six games, recording two assists. In December 2017, Shibanova and seven other members of the 2014 Russian Olympic ice hockey squad were sanctioned for doping violations as part of the

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. The team’s results were retroactively disqualified and the players banned for life by the

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(IOC). All eight players filed appeals with the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...

(CAS) and the cases of five were overturned on appeal but violations were confirmed in the cases of Shibanova,

Inna Dyubanok Inna Nikolayevna Dyubanok (russian: Инна Николаевна Дюбанок; born 20 February 1990) is a Russian ice hockey defenseman, currently playing with Belye Medveditsy of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). International career Dyub ...

, and

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and their disqualifications upheld, however, the lifetime ban from the Olympic Games was reduced to a ban from the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

only. Shibanova made three appearances for the

Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. The Russia women's national U18 team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. After th ...

, at the

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, with the first in 2010.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 U-18 World Championship
. stats.iihf.com

Career statistics

International

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