Stanislav Chokhlaev (born 16 July 1989) is a Russian male visually impaired

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and biathlete. He represented

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and was successful in his first Paralympic competition, claiming three medals including 2 silver medals in the cross-country skiing event. In 2017, he was awarded the Return to Life Prize by the

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Career

Stanislav Chokhlaev competed at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

with his guide

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and went onto claim 2 medals in the cross-country skiing events and a bronze medal in the biathlon event. He won the silver medal in the men's 12.5km visually impaired cross-country skiing event at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

held in Lillehammer, Norway. He also won the silver medal in the men's long-distance visually impaired cross-country skiing event. In biathlon, he won the silver medal in the men's 6km visually impaired event. He also won the silver medal in the men's 10km visually impaired biathlon event.

Personal life

Stanislav married fellow Russian visually impaired Paralympic Nordic skier, Iuliia Budaleeva. Iuliia Budaleeva also competed at the

and excelled at her first Paralympic event similar to that of her husband by claiming three medals including a gold medal and two silver medals in the biathlon events and a bronze medal in

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

event.

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* 1989 births Living people Russian male biathletes Russian male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers for Russia Paralympic biathletes for Russia Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Paralympic bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Russian blind people Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic medalists in biathlon 20th-century Russian sportspeople 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-wintersport-bio-stub