Anton Shipulin

Shipulin in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin
Nickname(s)	"Shipa", "Chip", "The Champion of Everything", "The genius of the Russian land"
Born	(1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 36) Tyumen, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	Dynamo
Skis	Fischer
Rifle	Anschütz 1827F Fortner – Sprint [1] Customised with dragon carved into the forearm [2]
World Cup debut	10 January 2009
Retired	31 December 2018
World Championships
Teams	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Medals	7 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 (2008/09–2017/18)
All races	257
Individual victories	11
All victories	22
Individual podiums	44
All podiums	70
Discipline titles	1: 1 Mass start (2014–15)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 1 3 3 Junior/Youth World Championships 4 2 0 Total 6 5 4 Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 4 × 7.5 km relay 2010 Vancouver 4 × 7.5 km relay World Championships 2017 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km relay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 7.5 km relay 2013 Nové Město 15 km mass start 2015 Kontiolahti 12.5 km pursuit 2012 Rupholding 12.5 km pursuit 2013 Nové Město 12.5 km pursuit 2017 Hochfilzen Mixed relay Junior World Championships 2008 Ruhpolding 10 km sprint 2008 Ruhpolding 12.5 km pursuit 2008 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km relay 2007 Martell 15 km individual 2008 Ruhpolding 15 km individual Youth World Championships 2006 Presque Isle 3 × 7.5 km relay
Updated on 8 March 2018.

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 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).^{[citation needed]} Shipulin won the bronze medal as part of the Russian men's relay team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the aftermath of the competition, he was awarded an order For Merit to the Fatherland by the Russian president.^{[citation needed]}

Together with Evgeny Ustyugov, Alexey Volkov and Dmitry Malyshko he won the gold medal in the men's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.^{[citation needed]}

His sister Anastasiya Kuzmina, (Slovak biathlete), is the Olympic champion in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and also Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start event from 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge (Christmas Race).^[3]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[4]

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver	36th	30th	20th	22nd	Bronze	—*
2014 Sochi	—	4th	14th	11th	Gold	DSQ
2018 Pyeongchang	Not allowed to compete

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

World Championships

7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	—	37th	21st	—	Silver	—
2012 Ruhpolding	—	13th	Bronze	29th	6th	5th
2013 Nové Město	33rd	7th	Bronze	Silver	4th	6th
2015 Kontiolahti	16th	18th	Silver	7th	4th	10th
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen	14th	45th	9th	9th	6th	7th
2017 Hochfilzen	7th	21st	4th	4th	Gold	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)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay
2005 Kontiolahti	—	7th	7th	5th
2006 Presque Isle	18th	33rd	17th	Gold
2007 Martell-Val Martello	Silver	11th	5th	7th
2008 Ruhpolding	Silver	Gold	Gold	Gold

World Cup

Individual victories

11 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2010–11 1 victory (1 Sp)	20 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
2011–12 1 victory (1 Pu)	15 January 2012	Nové Město	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2012–13 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 Pu)	18 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	19 January 2013	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2013–14 1 victory (1 Pu)	8 March 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2014–15 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS)	19 December 2014	Pokljuka	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	21 December 2014	Pokljuka	15 km mass start	Biathlon World Cup
2015–16 1 victories (1 Pu)	23 January 2016	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2016–17 2 victories (1 In, 1 PU)	20 January 2017	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
	18 March 2017	Holmenkollen	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2017–18 1 victory (1 Sp)	8 March 2018	Kontiolahti	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Political 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.^[5] In the primary on 26 May, Shipulin defeated 5 other candidates, scoring 78.13% and won nomination for the United Russia.^[6] In the by-election on 8 September, Shipulin won, gaining 41.59%.^[7]

Sanctions

Shipulin was Sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in 2022 in relation to Russo–Ukrainian War. ^[8]