Anna Vasilyevna Shukina (; also
transliterated
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as Shchukina
or Schukina; born 5 November 1987) is a Russian retired
ice hockey
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defenceman
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and former member of the
Russian national ice hockey team.
In December 2017, Shukina was banned for life by the
Oswald Commission of the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) for doping violations made while participating in the
women's ice hockey tournament at the
2014 Winter Olympics.
She filed an appeal with the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
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(CAS) and, in 2018, won the appeal and the sanctions against her were annulled.
Shukina has twice been on Russian Championship winning teams,
Tornado Dmitrov in 2015 and
Agidel Ufa in 2017. She has also received individual
Zhenskaya Hockey League
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(ZhHL) awards for Most Goals by a Defenceman in the 2015–16 season, while playing with
Dynamo Saint Petersburg, and in the 2016–17 season, while playing with Agidel Ufa, and Most Points by a Defenceman in the 2015–16 season. She also played seven seasons with
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
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and served as
captain during the 2019–20 season.
International career
Shukina was selected for the
Russian national team in the
2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all six games of the tournament and scored two goals.
Shukina represented Russia at eight
IIHF Women's World Championships
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The offi ...
. Her first appearance came in
2008
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and she won bronze medals as part of the team in
2013
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and
2016
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.
Though the ban was annulled in 2018, Shukina did not represent Russia in any international competition following the 2017 IOC ban for doping violations.
Career statistics
International career
Through 2013–14 season
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
People from Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast
Russian women's ice hockey defencemen
HC SKIF players
HC Tornado players
HC Agidel Ufa players
Olympic ice hockey players of Russia
Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Universiade medalists in ice hockey
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Doping cases in ice hockey
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Sportspeople from Vladimir Oblast
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