Anastasiya Kuzmina

Anastasiya Kuzmina
Personal information
Birth name	Anastasiya Vladimirovna Shipulina
Full name	Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina
Born	28 August 1984 (age 39); Tyumen, RSFSR,; Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica
World Cup debut	7 January 2006
Olympic Games
Teams	2 (2010, 2014)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Medals	2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	9 (2005/06–2013/14)
Individual victories	6
All victories	6
Individual podiums	19
All podiums	20
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Slovakia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Representing Russia
Junior/Youth World Championships

"Anastasia Kuzmina" may also refer to Anastasia Kuzmina (dancer), a Ukrainian dancer.

Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina (Slovak: Anastasia Kuzminová, Russian: Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина; née Shipulina; born 28 August 1984) is Slovak biathlete born in Russia.

Kuzmina represented Slovakia from December 2008 and won the silver medal two months later in mass start at the 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang.^[2] She won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a silver medal in the 10 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[3] She won another medal - bronze, at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk.^[4] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she again won the gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint.

Kuzmina's victory made her the second Slovak after Ondrej Nepela to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, and the first for independent Slovakia.^[3]

Her brother Anton Shipulin is a Russian biathlete. Her husband, Daniel Kuzmin, is an Israeli cross-country skier and Kuzmina's personal coach. They have one son, Yelisey, and a one daughter, Olivia.^[5] She, her husband and their children live in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. She speaks Russian, Slovak and English.

Record

Olympic Games

Kuzmina has won three medals from Olympic Games. In Vancouver she won a gold medal the sprint and a silver medal in pursuit and in Sochi she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint, becoming the first woman in biathlon to successfully defend an individual Olympic title.^[6]

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay
2010 Vancouver	39th	Gold	Silver	8th	13th	—
2014 Sochi	27th	Gold	6th	26th	–	5th

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay
2009 Pyeongchang	29th	7th	17th	Silver	13th	10th
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk	Not held in an Olympic season					14th
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	9th	Bronze	6th	10th	8th	12th
2012 Ruhpolding	10th	10th	19th	8th	8th	7th
2013 Nové Město na Moravě	4th	17th	14th	15th	8th	7th

World Cup

Source: [1]

Season	Individual			Sprint			Pursuit			Mass Start			Overall
Season	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position	Races	Points	Position
2005–06	0/3	–	–	3/10	–	–	2/8	–	–	0/5	–	–	5/26	–	–
2006–07	1/4	20	36th	1/10	–	–	1/8	–	–	0/5	–	–	3/27	20	61st
2007–08	Did not start
2008–09	2/4	44	30th	7/10	81	36th	5/7	50	40th	3/5	115	13th	17/26	290	30th
2009–10	3/4	73	17th	7/10	144	26th	4/6	121	15th	3/5	105	17th	17/25	443	20th
2010–11	4/4	60	23rd	8/10	328	5th	5/7	195	10th	4/5	125	15th	21/26	708	9th
2011–12	3/3	85	9th	10/10	274	8th	8/8	198	12th	5/5	180	6th	26/26	721	10th
2012–13	3/3	104	5th	10/10	294	9th	8/8	222	11th	5/5	157	9th	26/26	769	7th
2013–14	2/2	84	3rd	7/9	179	12th	7/8	204	9th	3/3	139	2nd	19/22	606	6th
2014–15	Did not start
2015–16	Did not start

Individual victories

#	Season	Event	Competition	Level
1	2009/10	Vancouver	7.5 km Sprint	Winter Olympic Games
2	2010/11	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup
3	2010/11	Oslo	10 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
4	2012/13	Antholz	7.5 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup
5	2013/14	Sochi	7.5 km Sprint	Winter Olympic Games
6	2013/14	Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
7	2013/14	Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Biathlon World Cup

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

Updated on 23 March 2014

References

^ "Anastasiya KUZMINA Profile". IBU. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Pyeongchang Mass-start Archived March 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Vancouver2010.com 13 February 2010 biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint results. – accessed 13 February 2010
^ Khanty-Mansiysk Sprint Archived July 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Daughter for Anastasiya Kuzmina". Biathlonworld.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^ ERIC WILLEMSEN (9 February 2014). "Defending champion Kuzmina wins biathlon gold". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

External links

Profile on biathlonworld.com
Anastasiya Kuzmina at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
Anastasiya Kuzmina at IBU BiathlonResults.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Zuzana Štefečeková Peter Sagan	Sportsperson of Slovakia 2010 2014	Succeeded by Peter Hochschorner & Pavol Hochschorner Peter Sagan

[IBUprofile-1] "Anastasiya KUZMINA Profile". IBU. Archived from the original on February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] Pyeongchang Mass-start Archived March 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[owg2010bws-3] Vancouver2010.com 13 February 2010 biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint results. – accessed 13 February 2010

[4] Khanty-Mansiysk Sprint Archived July 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[termine2018-5] "New Daughter for Anastasiya Kuzmina". Biathlonworld.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[goldSprint2014-6] ERIC WILLEMSEN (9 February 2014). "Defending champion Kuzmina wins biathlon gold". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

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