Anton Shipulin


Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin 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. The bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic Games 2010. He was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season.
He got a medal "For merits before Fatherland" from Russian president after the Winter Olympic Games 2010.
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,, 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.
On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

2 medals

World Championships

7 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk—37th21st—Silver—
2012 Ruhpolding—13thBronze29th6th5th
2013 Nové Město33rd7thBronzeSilver4th6th
2015 Kontiolahti16th18thSilver7th4th10th
2016 Oslo Holmenkollen14th45th9th9th6th7th
2017 Hochfilzen7th21st4th4thGoldBronze

Junior/Youth World Championships

6 medals
EventIndividualSprintPursuitRelay
2005 Kontiolahti—7th7th5th
2006 Presque Isle18th33rd17thGold
2007 Martell-Val MartelloSilver11th5th7th
2008 RuhpoldingSilverGoldGoldGold

World Cup

Individual victories

11 victories
SeasonDateLocationDisciplineLevel
2010–11
1 victory
20 January 2011 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2011–12
1 victory
15 January 2012 Nové Město12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2012–13
2 victories
18 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2012–13
2 victories
19 January 2013 Antholz-Anterselva12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2013–14
1 victory
8 March 2014 Pokljuka12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2014–15
2 victories
19 December 2014 Pokljuka10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup
2014–15
2 victories
21 December 2014 Pokljuka15 km mass startBiathlon World Cup
2015–16
1 victories
23 January 2016 Antholz-Anterselva12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2016–17
2 victories
20 January 2017 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup
2016–17
2 victories
18 March 2017 Holmenkollen12.5 km pursuitBiathlon World Cup
2017–18
1 victory
8 March 2018 Kontiolahti10 km sprintBiathlon World Cup

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%.