The man, who will be described in this article, from a very young age devoted almost all his free time to sports. This is Shipulin Anton - a modest young man who respects his parents, family, and prefers not to particularly talk about his personal life.
In his only 28 years, he conquered huge sports peaks and almost completely realized.
Anton Shipulin: childhood, family
Anton was born on August 21 in the city of Tyumen in 1987. His family is athletic. Parents are masters of sports in skiing and biathlon. Mom - Alla Abushaevna, father - Vladimir Ivanovich.
Almost from the age of three, Anton Shipulin, together with two sisters Anya and Nastya, the first being his twin, were engaged in cross-country skiing. Coached by their father. In addition, his son, Vladimir Ivanovich often took with him to the camp.
Anton in his childhood managed to practice a variety of sports (including karate), but genes took their toll, and he began to intensively engage in skiing. At the age of 15, he switched to biathlon. Since 2002, his parents arranged him in the School in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Both Anton Shipulin and his older sister (Anastasia Shipulina) are now Olympic champions. All this became possible thanks to sports hardening of parents. Children practiced quite a lot, and parents constantly accustomed them to discipline. For all their rigor, they took into account the views of their children. The younger sister Anna did not become a skier, and her parents did not contradict her wishes.
Elder Anastasia now stands for the Slovak team (although her parents were disappointed in such a decision, Anton supported her). Now she is one of the best in the world biathlon. The transition to the national team of a foreign country helped her to reach her sports potential.
Promotion and success in sports
In 2006, Anton moved to the city of Yekaterinburg, where he began to deal with coach Vladimir Putrov.
Training was not without reason. For 2 years (2006-2008) Anton Shipulin won the European and World Championships at the junior level. As a result, he received an invitation to prepare for competitions in the main national team.
Since 2008, all world championships have been successful (a full set of medals) for a capable athlete, and the next Olympic cycle, too, could not do without Anton's awards.
In 2010, he won the Olympic Games (bronze), and 4 years later became the champion of the Olympics. Anton also performs well at the World Cup competitions. Today, the Russian skier is a recognized athlete all over the world and a real pride of the Russian national team.
Shipulin's free time activities: Anton Shipulin Foundation
Charity is another activity that the famous athlete is passionate about in his spare time from training.
The Anton Shipulin Foundation was organized in 2010 after his return from the Olympic Games in Vancouver and a visit to an orphanage in Irbit. He was so impressed with his visit that he decided to implement the idea of the fund, which was named the Anton Shipulin Sports Support Fund in the Sverdlovsk Region.
The main direction in his work is to support the young generation who loves sports.
The fund has a lot of charity events: supporting sports schools, helping orphanages, children's contests, sporting events, auctions, etc.
Often, the fund holds auctions for the sale of personal items and items of biathlon stars. All funds received from the event are used to support capable and talented children who are fond of sports.
A little about personal, about family
Soon after a long three-year romance, Louise Sabitova and Shipulin Anton got married. Their wedding took place on June 21, 2015 in the city of Yekaterinburg.
A curious fact is that Anton made his beloved girlfriend an original beautiful offer. This happened in one of the Yekaterinburg cinemas just before the start of the show. Instead of advertising, a beautiful romantic video was shown on the screen, in which Anton himself spoke about his feelings for his beloved and made her an offer. Immediately in the hall, Anton gave his lover a beautiful bouquet of roses and a wedding ring. Louise's answer was yes.
And now the Olympic champion in Sochi, the famous biathlete Anton Shipulin, is the pope. Louise Sabitova in December 15 gave birth to him a son-hero, whom happy parents called Dima.
Finally
There is another interesting project of the Shipulin Foundation. Now the famous journalist is writing a book about Anton Shipulin. Currently, money is actively being collected for its publication. So far, there are plans to present these books with the title “The Road to Olympus” to children. And it will become for them one of the main incentives in life - never to give up anything.