Only a strong, confident leader, a person with an outstanding character can lead a team. This is exactly Anton Shipulin, the leading Russian biathlete of our time. You will learn about how he managed to achieve sporting heights, his biography and personal life from this article.
Athlete's childhood
The athlete's best characteristic is his biography. Fans first saw Anton Shipulin at the 2006 World Junior Championships. How did the athlete begin to engage in biathlon? His parents helped him in this. Alla and Vladimir Shipulins, Anton’s mother and father, became the first coaches of the future champion. They themselves were engaged in skiing for many years, became masters of sports.
Shipulin Jr. made his first steps in biathlon thanks to his sister, Olympic champion A. Kuzmina. The boy saw her rifle and wanted to become a shooting skier. Since then, the biography of Anton Shipulin has been inextricably linked with this particular sport.
At the age of 15, the athlete began to train under the leadership of Mikhail Novikov in Khanty-Mansiysk. Successful performance at the European Youth Festival proved the great potential of the young biathlete. He was noticed by a famous coach from Yekaterinburg Vladimir Putrov, who prepared Anton for the World Junior Championship. This coach is one of the most respected specialists in Russia, who raised many Olympic champions: E. Redkina, Yu. Kashkarov, A. Popov and others.
Performances at junior starts
The professional biography of Anton Shipulin, a biathlete who every sports enthusiast knows today, began with a triumph at the 2006 Junior World Championships, where the young athlete won his first gold medal. She was conquered as part of the relay team.
Individual successes came a year later. The European and World Championships held in Bansko and Martella brought Shipulin a whole bunch of awards, most of which were won in personal races. At the Old World Championship, the athlete won the “gold” in the relay race, the “silver” in the sprint and the “bronze” in the pursuit. The silver medal of the world championship of the same year was won in an individual race.
In 2008, in Ruhpolding, Shipulin won all the distances he performed. The European Championship was no less successful. So, the talented junior was noticed by the coaches of the main national team. Already in the next season, Anton was part of the national team and participated in the championship of the Old World along with the main world stars.
Professional career
The biography of Anton Shipulin, a world-famous biathlete, as mentioned above, is associated with performances for the Russian national team. In its composition, the athlete has repeatedly won the world championships in the relay (2009, 2011, 2012). In the athlete's piggy bank there are also awards of another merit - silver and bronze.
2009 was a test for the athlete. Fatigue and a huge number of starts at various championships affected the athlete's performances not in the best way. Coaches of the team decided not to take Shipulin to the World Cup in Korea, thus allowing him to recover.
Despite this break, the biography of Anton Shipulin has not ceased to be a kaleidoscope of racing. The athlete was actively preparing for the first Olympics in his life. Unfortunately, he failed to win personal awards there.
One of the most successful for the athlete was the main start of the four years in Sochi. At the last stage of the men's relay, Shipulin went around the famous Simon Shemp from Germany and brought Russia “gold”, which secured the team of our country first place in the unofficial overall standings of the Olympic Games.
Then the “Race of Champions” took place, in which the athlete won with the Belarusian Daria Domracheva. The competition took place in Moscow, on Russian soil, perhaps this fact allowed the Russian biathlete to show such a high result.
Government awards, titles
Sports achievements of Anton Shipulin could not go unnoticed not only for fans of one of the most popular winter sports, but also for the leadership of our country. So, on March 5, 2010, the athlete was awarded the second degree medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland for his great contribution to the development of sports and physical education in Russia, as well as for his successful performance at the Olympics in Vancouver.
Shipulin received the title of master of sports in 2005, speaking at junior championships. In 2010, in addition to the above awards, Anton was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Personal life
Such is the sports biography of Anton Shipulin. The personal life of an athlete until recently has been a secret for journalists, since the Olympic champion does not like to talk in an interview about what does not concern his professional performances. The athlete has repeatedly noted that the main thing for him at the moment is his career, so he simply does not have time for girls.
However, everything has changed. in 2015, Anton Shipulin married. The wedding, a photo of which circled all the media, gathered the closest friends and relatives of the couple. The athlete and his lover Louise Sabitova until the last day did not tell anyone about the venue of the celebration, in order to avoid the appearance of strangers. The organization was assisted by their close friends, Angelika and Sergey Batalov. They found the right venue for the ceremony.
Anton Shipulin went for a long time to this event. The wedding, the photo of which the athlete soon announced on his personal website and on social networks, was a happy continuation of the two-year romance. Louise Sabitova was a student of one of the Tyumen universities when she met with an athlete. Because of him, she moved to Yekaterinburg, where their relationship developed.
Sponsors
The biography of Anton Shipulin is full of bright victories, which is why it is of interest to sponsors. So, the main partners of the biathlete are the company Fischer Sports - a manufacturer of professional ski equipment, Craft - a company producing sports equipment and thermal underwear and a large investment company "Business House on Bishops".
Sponsor logos are an integral part of Shipulin's sportswear for performances.
Fans love
Sport is what Anton Shipulin’s biography is based on. Biathlon brought him the love of Russian fans. So, in 2014, the athlete was recognized not only as the best in his kind of competition, but also the most successful in the Russian national team. According to the results of an open vote, published on the website of the Russian Union of Biathletes, Shipulin scored 63.4%.
The athlete has his own fan club. Any athlete fan can join it. Membership in this organization makes it possible to participate in various competitions held by the team of the Olympic champion, as well as in a meeting with Anton himself after the end of the next season.
Activities outside of sports
The biography of Anton Shipulin, a world-famous skier, includes not only sports activities. The Olympic champion is a very versatile person. He is interested in fishing, owns an online store of his own clothes. It should be noted that the goods are offered at reasonable prices.
But this is still a hobby. Shipulin's main activity has remained unchanged for 15 years, and her name is biathlon.