Anton Shipulin
Anton Shipulin was born in Tyumen, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia on August 21st, 1987 and is the Biathlete. At the age of 37, Anton Shipulin biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 37 years old, Anton Shipulin has this physical status:
Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors), he was the best Russian biathlon marksman in the same season (2009/2010). Shipulin won the bronze medal as part of the Russian men's relay team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. In the aftermath of the competition, he was awarded an order For Merit to the Fatherland by the Russian president.
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, (Slovak biathlete), 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 and also Olympic champion in the 12.5 km mass start event from 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
On 25 December 2018, Shipulin announced his retirement from sports after the World Team Challenge (Christmas Race).
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%.