Vasily Shaptsiaboi ( be, Васіль Шапцябой) is a Belarusian Paralympic

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, cross-country skier, and road bicycle racer who won many medals at both Winter and Summer Paralympic Games.

Career

He began his Paralympic career in Sydney, Australia in 2000 where he won bronze medal in Men's T13 Track Athletics Relay. In 2004 he participated at the Athens Paralympic Games at which he won gold medals in both Men's Tandem Road Race and Time Trial for Visually Impaired. His first Winter Paralympics appearance was at the Vancouver Paralympic Games where he won two bronze medals in 3 km Biathlon and Cross-Country 20 km Freestyle. In 2011 he participated at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup which was hosted in Sjusjoe, Norway. He also took participation in various

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events at the London Paralympic Games. On March 8, 2014, he won a bronze medal in biathlon which was hosted in

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References

Living people 1979 births Paralympic bronze medalists for Belarus Paralympic gold medalists for Belarus Belarusian male sprinters Paralympic athletes for Belarus Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Belarusian male biathletes Belarusian male cross-country skiers Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in biathlon Paralympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Mogilev {{Belarus-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub