Lead a team can only strongself-confident leader, a man of exceptional character. That is Anton Shipulin, the leading Russian biathlete of our time. How he managed to reach sporting heights, his biography and personal life you will learn from this article.
Childhood athlete
The best characteristic of an athlete is hisbiography. Fans saw Anton Shipulina for the first time at the Junior World Championships in 2006. How did an athlete start biathlon? His parents helped him in this. Alla and Vladimir Shipuliny, Anton’s mother and father, became the first trainers of the future champion. For many years they themselves were engaged in ski racing, became masters of sports.
The first steps in the biathlon Shipulin Jr. madethanks to her sister, Olympic champion A. Kuzmina. The boy saw her rifle and wanted to become a shooting skier. Since then, the biography of Anton Shipulin is inextricably linked with this sport.
At the age of 15, the athlete began training underguidance of Mikhail Novikov in Khanty-Mansiysk. Successful performance at the European Youth Festival proved the great potential of the young biathlonist. He was noticed by the famous mentor from Yekaterinburg Vladimir Putrov, who prepared Anton the World Junior Championships. This trainer is one of the most authoritative specialists in Russia, who educated many Olympic champions: E. Redkina, Yu. Kashkarova, A. Popov and others.
Performances at junior competitions
The professional biography of Anton Shipulin,The biathlete, which every sports fan today knows, began with a triumph at the Junior World Championships 2006, where the young athlete won his first gold medal. She was conquered in the relay team.
Individual success came a year later.The European and World Championships held in Bansko and Martella brought Shipulin a whole lot of awards, most of which were won in individual races. At the championship of the Old World "gold" athlete won in the relay, "silver" - in the sprint and "bronze" - in the pursuit. The silver medal of the world championship of the same year was won in the individual race.
In 2008 in Ruhpolding Shipulin won alldistance, which spoke. European Championship was no less successful. So, the talented junior was noticed by the coaches of the main national team. Already next season, Anton was part of the national team and participated in the championship of the Old World, along with major world stars.
Professional career
Biography of Anton Shipulin, a world biathletethe name, as mentioned above, is associated with performances for the national team of the Russian Federation. In its composition, the athlete has repeatedly won the world championships in the relay (2009, 2011, 2012). In the box of the athlete there are also awards of another value - silver and bronze.
2009 was a challenge for the athlete.Fatigue and a huge number of starts at various championships affected the performances of the athlete is not the best way. The national team coaches decided not to take Shipulina to the World Cup in Korea, thus allowing him to recover.
Despite this break, the biography of AntonShipulina has not ceased to be a kaleidoscope of racing. The athlete was actively preparing for the first Olympics in his life. Unfortunately, there he failed to win personal awards.
One of the most successful for the athlete was the mainStart four years in Sochi. At the last stage of the men's relay, Shipulin beat the famous Simon Schempp from Germany and brought Russia the “gold”, which ensured the team of our country the first place in the unofficial overall standings of the Olympic Games.
Next was the "Race of Champions", in whichthe athlete won together with the Belarusian Darya Domracheva. Competitions were held in Moscow, on Russian soil, perhaps it was this fact that allowed the Russian biathlete to show such a high result.
Government awards
Anton Shipulin's sporting achievements could notgo unnoticed, not only for fans of one of the most popular winter sports, but also for the leadership of our country. For example, on March 5, 2010, the athlete was awarded the Medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland of the second degree for his great contribution to the development of sports and physical culture in Russia, as well as for his successful performance at the Olympics in Vancouver.
The title of master of sports Shipulin received in 2005, speaking at the junior championships. In 2010, in addition to the above award, Anton was given the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
Personal life
Such is the sports biography of Anton Shipulin.Until recently, the personal life of an athlete was 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 the time for girls.
However, everything has changed.Anton Shipulin married in 2015. The wedding, the photo of which circled all the media, brought together the closest friends and relatives of the couple. The athlete and his beloved Louise Sabitova, until the last day, did not tell anyone about the venue of the celebration, in order to avoid the appearance of outsiders. In the organization of the pair helped their close friends Angelica and Sergei Batalov. It was they who found a suitable venue for the ceremony.
Long went to this event, Anton Shipulin.The wedding, the photo of which the athlete soon published on his personal website and on social networks, was a happy continuation of the two-year romance. Louise Sabitova was a student at one of the Tyumen universities when she met an athlete. Because of him, she moved to Yekaterinburg, where their relationship developed.
Sponsors
Biography of Anton Shipulina is full of brilliant victories,That is why it is of interest to sponsors. So, the main partners of the biathlete are Fischer Sports, a manufacturer of professional ski equipment, Craft, a company that manufactures sports equipment and thermal underwear, and a large investment company, Business House on Bishops.
Sponsor's logos are an integral part of the Shipulina sports form for performances.
Love fans
Sport - that's what Anton's biography is based on.Shipulina. Biathlon brought him the love of Russian fans. So, in 2014, the athlete was recognized not only the best in his form 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 Biathlon Union, Shipulin gained 63.4%.
У атлета есть собственный фан-клуб.Any fan can enter it. Membership in this organization gives you the opportunity to participate in various competitions that are 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 the sport
Biography of Anton Shipulin, a world skiername includes not only sports activities. The Olympic champion is a very versatile person. He is keen on fishing, owns an online store of his own clothes. It should be noted that the goods are offered at reasonable prices.
But it is still a hobby. Shipulina’s main activity has remained unchanged for 15 years, and her name is biathlon.
