Anastasiya Kuzmina
- "Anastasia Kuzmina" may also refer to Anastasia Kuzmina (dancer), a Ukrainian dancer.
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| Birth name | Anastasiya Vladimirovna Shipulina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
28 August 1984 Tyumen, RSFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 7 January 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 (2010, 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 9 (2005/06–2013/14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All victories | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All podiums | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 |
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 2010 Vancouver |
39th | Gold | Silver | 8th | 13th | N/A |
 2014 Sochi |
27th | Gold | 6th | 26th | – | 5th |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Relay | Mixed Relay |
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 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
| Season | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Overall | ||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||
Individual victories
| # | Season | Event | Competition | Level |
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| 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.
- ↑ Pyeongchang Mass-start Archived March 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 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
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Zuzana Štefečeková Peter Sagan |
Sportsperson of Slovakia 2010 2014 |
Succeeded by Peter Hochschorner & Pavol Hochschorner Peter Sagan |
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