Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (; born 21 August 1987) is a retired Russian biathlete and politician serving as the member of the State Duma since 2019.
Biography He was born in the family of Vladimir Shipulin and Alla Shipulina, masters of sports in cross-country skiing and biathlon. He started training at an early age, at first he took up ski racing under the guidance of his father, but once he saw a rifle from his older sister, Anastasiya Kuzmina, who was doing biathlon, he got the idea to try his hand at biathlon. In 2002, his parents arranged for their son to go to a sports school in Khanty-Mansiysk to work with Svetlana Sleptsova's coach Mikhail Novikov. Under his guidance, Shipulin began his career in biathlon.
Sport career In 2004, he returned to his hometown, Tyumen, and entered the Tyumen Law Institute. After 2 victories at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, he drew the attention of Vladimir Putrov, coach of Olympic champions Juri Kashkarov, Evgeny Redkin and Aleksandr Popov. After receiving an offer from Putrov, Shipulin moved to Yekaterinburg in 2006. He got his first victory as a member of the relay team at the 2006 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Presque Isle, USA.
In 2007 in Val Martello, Italy, he was silver medallist in the individual pursuit, opening the account of personal victories at the international level. At the 2007 Biathlon European Championships he won a full set of medals: silver in the sprint, bronze in the pursuit and gold in the relay. In 2008 he successfully performed at the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding: he was the first in sprint and pursuit, having made a series of six consecutive zeroes; together with Dmitry Blinov, Pavel Magazeev, Victor Vasiliev he won the relay; in the individual race he missed a shot and became the silver medallist, where he missed only 0.6 seconds. At the 2008 Biathlon European Championships he became the absolute European champion under 21, winning all 3 individual races and the relay.
For the 2008/2009 season he was preparing for the Russian national team under the guidance of Vladimir Alikin. According to the results of control training the coaching staff decided that the athlete would start the season with IBU Cup. On 20 December 2008 in the pursuit race, starting from 18th position, he managed to finish in the top three. In 2009, Alikin challenged Shipulin to the January rounds of the World Cup. In Oberhof on 10 January 2009 he made his debut in the sprint and showed 72nd time. The next start in the World Cup was the sprint race in Ruhpolding, where Anton again finished 72nd. The low results of the World Cup debutant were not only a consequence of a cold, but primarily due to the fact that the young body has not had time to recover from excessive loads during the national team training camp. Then the coaching staff decided that Anton would not go to the 2009 World Championships in Pyeongchang, but would prepare with his personal coach for the European Championships. Having become a bronze medallist of the European Championships in Ufa in sprint and relay, the biathlete again got the right to start at the World Cup stages. He earned his first points in the World Cup standings in the pursuit race, where he finished 29th. With 12 points earned in the pursuit, the athlete finished the season in 93rd place in the overall World Cup standings.
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. 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 he won the gold medal in the men's relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia.
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.
On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge (Christmas Race).Шипулин объявил о завершении карьеры
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2010 Vancouver 36th 30th 20th 22nd DSQ (Bronze) * 2014 Sochi — 4th 14th 11th DSQ (Gold) DSQ (4th) * The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.
World Championships 6 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk—37th21st— DSQ (Silver)— 2012 Ruhpolding—13th Bronze29th6th5th 2013 Nové Město33rd7th Bronze Silver4th6th 2015 Kontiolahti16th18th Silver7th4th10th 2016 Oslo Holmenkollen14th45th9th9th6th7th 2017 Hochfilzen7th21st4th4th 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) EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay 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
Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position2008–09 12 93rd 0 0 12 69th 0 2009–10 374 23rd 39 36th 162 19th 84 23rd 89 22nd2010–11 417 19th 71 20th 157 21st 110 21st 79 22nd2011–12 637 8th 40 26th 201 17th 224 9th 172 5th2012–13 628 9th 40 26th 211 14th 247 3rd 120 15th2013–14 544 8th 21 35th 232 7th 234 3rd 57 23rd2014–15 978 2nd 61 16th 370 2nd 305 2nd 242 1st2015–16 806 3rd 100 4th 251 5th 300 2nd 155 3rd2016–17 918 2nd 126 2nd 248 6th 392 2nd 177 3rd 2017–18 697 3rd 26 27th 256 4th 254 3rd 174 5th
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-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 2011–12 1 victory (1 Pu) 15 January 2012 Nové Město12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2012–13 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 Pu) 18 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 19 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2013–14 1 victory (1 Pu) 8 March 2014 Pokljuka12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2014–15 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS) 19 December 2014 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup 21 December 2014 Pokljuka15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup 2015–16 1 victories (1 Pu) 23 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2016–17 2 victories (1 In, 1 PU) 20 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 18 March 2017 Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup 2017–18 1 victory (1 Sp) 8 March 2018 Kontiolahti10 km sprintBiathlon 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.Шипулин собрался в Госдуму In the primary on 26 May, Shipulin defeated 5 other candidates, scoring 78.13% and won nomination for the United Russia.Антон Шипулин выиграл праймериз ЕР в связи с довыборами в Госдуму на Урале In the by-election on 8 September, Shipulin won, gaining 41.59%.Антон Шипулин победил на довыборах в Госдуму в Свердловской области
Sanctions Shipulin was sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in 2022 in relation to the Russo–Ukrainian War.
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