Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina (Slovak: Anastasia Kuzminová, Russian: Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина; née Shipulina; born 28 August 1984) is a retired Russian-born Slovak biathlete.
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Birth name | Anastasiya Vladimirovna Shipulina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Slovak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1984-08-28) 28 August 1984 (age 37) Tyumen, RSFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | VSC Dukla Banská Bystrica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 7 January 2006[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 24 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 3 (2010–2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 6 (3 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 7 (2009–2013, 2017, 2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 11 (2005/06–2018/19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual victories | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual podiums | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All podiums | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 3: 2 Sprint (2017–18, 2018–19); 1 Pursuit (2017–18); | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3] 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. Kuzmina's victory made her the second Slovak after Ondrej Nepela to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, and the first for independent Slovakia.[4] She won another medal – bronze, at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk.[5] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she again won the gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she took silver medals in the pursuit and the individual before taking the gold in the mass start, hitting 19 out of 20 targets to become the first biathlete to win gold medals in three consecutive Games, and tying her as the Slovak sportsperson with the most Olympic golds alongside canoeists Pavol and Peter Hochschorner.[6]
In the 2017–18 season she took her first discipline World Cup titles, winning the Crystal Globes for the sprint[7] and pursuit disciplines.[8] She also finished the season second in the overall World Cup standings, three points behind champion Kaisa Mäkäräinen.[9]
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 one daughter, Olivia.[10] She, her husband and their children live in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. She speaks Russian, Slovak and English.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
6 medals (3 gold, 3 silver)
Kuzmina has won six medals from Olympic Games. In Vancouver she won a gold medal in 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.[11] In Pyeongchang she won three medals, gold in the 12.5 km mass start event[12] and silver in the 10 km pursuit[13] and in the 15 km individual race.[14]
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay[a] |
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39th | Gold | Silver | 8th | 13th | — |
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26th | Gold | 6th | 24th | – | 5th |
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Silver | 13th | Silver | Gold | 5th | 20th |
3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
Kuzmina has won three medals from World Championships. In Pyeonchang she won a silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start.[15] In Khanty-Mansiysk she won a bronze medal in the 7.5 km sprint.[16]
Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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29th | 7th | 17th | Silver | 13th | 10th |
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Not held in an Olympic season | 14th | ||||
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9th | Bronze | 6th | 10th | 7th | 12th |
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10th | 10th | 19th | 8th | 8th | 7th |
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4th | 17th | 14th | 15th | 8th | 7th |
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— | 8th | 13th | 22nd | 8th | — |
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58th | Gold | 6th | 28th | 6th | — |
Season | Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Individual | Mass Start | ||||||||||
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Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | Races | Points | Position | |
2005/06 | 5/26 | 0 | — | 3/10 | 0 | — | 2/8 | 0 | — | 0/3 | 0 | — | 0/5 | 0 | — |
2006/07 | 3/27 | 20 | 61st | 1/10 | 0 | — | 1/8 | 0 | — | 1/4 | 20 | 36th | 0/5 | 0 | — |
2007/08 | Did not start | ||||||||||||||
2008/09 | 17/26 | 290 | 30th | 7/10 | 81 | 36th | 5/7 | 50 | 40th | 2/4 | 44 | 30th | 3/5 | 115 | 13th |
2009/10 | 17/25 | 443 | 20th | 7/10 | 144 | 26th | 4/6 | 121 | 15th | 3/4 | 73 | 17th | 3/5 | 105 | 17th |
2010/11 | 21/26 | 708 | 9th | 8/10 | 328 | 5th | 5/7 | 195 | 10th | 4/4 | 60 | 23rd | 4/5 | 125 | 15th |
2011/12 | 26/26 | 721 | 10th | 10/10 | 274 | 8th | 8/8 | 198 | 12th | 3/3 | 85 | 9th | 5/5 | 180 | 6th |
2012/13 | 26/26 | 769 | 7th | 10/10 | 294 | 9th | 8/8 | 222 | 11th | 3/3 | 104 | 5th | 5/5 | 157 | 9th |
2013/14 | 19/22 | 606 | 6th | 7/9 | 179 | 12th | 7/8 | 204 | 9th | 2/2 | 84 | 3rd | 3/3 | 139 | 2nd |
2014/15 | Did not start | ||||||||||||||
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2016/17 | 10/26 | 176 | 40th | 5/9 | 103 | 29th | 4/9 | 55 | 41st | 0/3 | 0 | — | 1/5 | 18 | 42nd |
2017/18 | 21/22 | 819 | 2nd | 8/8 | 323 | 1st | 7/7 | 301 | 1st | 1/2 | 32 | 22nd | 5/5 | 168 | 6th |
2018/19 | 23/25 | 870 | 3rd | 9/9 | 371 | 1st | 8/8 | 309 | 3rd | 3/3 | 50 | 18th | 5/5 | 145 | 10th |
Result | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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Individual events | Team events | All events | |||||||
1st place | – | 10 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 18 | – | 18 |
2nd place | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 15 | – | 15 |
3rd place | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Podiums | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | – | 1 | 39 | 1 | 40 |
Top 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Points | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Others | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
DSQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Starts | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 213 |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
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1 | 2009/10 | 13 February 2010 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | Winter Olympic Games |
2 | 2010/11 | 10 December 2010 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
3 | 19 March 2011 | ![]() | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
4 | 2012/13 | 17 January 2013 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup |
5 | 2013/14 | 9 February 2014 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | Winter Olympic Games |
6 | 22 March 2014 | ![]() | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
7 | 23 March 2014 | ![]() | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup | |
8 | 2017/18 | 9 December 2017 | ![]() | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
9 | 14 December 2017 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
10 | 4 January 2018 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
11 | 6 January 2018 | ![]() | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup | |
12 | 17 February 2018 | ![]() | 12.5 km Mass Start | Winter Olympic Games | |
13 | 15 March 2018 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
14 | 2018/19 | 23 December 2018 | ![]() | 12.5 km Mass Start | World Cup |
15 | 17 January 2019 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
16 | 8 March 2019 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Championships | |
17 | 21 March 2019 | ![]() | 7.5 km Sprint | World Cup | |
18 | 23 March 2019 | ![]() | 10 km Pursuit | World Cup |
Updated on 25 March 2018
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Preceded by | Sportsperson of Slovakia 2010 2014 2018 |
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