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 The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

since 2019.

Sport career

Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors), 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 )'' , 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 the aftermath of the competition, he was awarded an order ''For Merit to the Fatherland'' by the Russian president. Together with Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov and

Dmitry Malyshko Dmitry Vladimirovich Malyshko (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Малышко; born 19 March 1987) is a Russian biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2011–12 season. He debuted at World Cup on 9 D ...

he won the gold medal in the men's relay 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 ...

, in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

, Russia. His sister Anastasiya Kuzmina, ( Slovak biathlete), is the Olympic champion in the 7.5 km sprint at the

in Vancouver, Canada, and at the

in Sochi, Russia and also Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start event from

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 ...

in Pyeongchang, South Korea. On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the

World Team Challenge The World Team Challenge is an international biathlon competition, which has been held every year between Christmas and New Year since 2002 in Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. Previously a similar competition was held at the same time of year in Ruh ...

(Christmas Race).

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

Olympic Games

:''* The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''

World Championships

''7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Junior/Youth World Championships

''6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)''

World Cup

Individual victories

''11 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup,

Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ...

and the Winter Olympic Games.''

Politic career

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. In the primary on 26 May, Shipulin defeated 5 other candidates, scored 78.13% and won nomination from United Russia. In the by-election on 8 September, Shipulin won, gaining 41.59%.Антон Шипулин победил на довыборах в Госдуму в Свердловской области
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References

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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140426214920/http://sochi2014.rbth.ru/anton_shipulin_biathlons_driven_relay_man Anton Shipulin, Biathlon’s driven relay man {{DEFAULTSORT:Shipulin, Anton 1987 births Living people People from Tyumen Russian male biathletes Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Russia Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Biathlon World Championships medalists United Russia politicians Russian sportsperson-politicians Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)