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| Born | August 28, 1984 Tyumen, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina (Slovak: Anastasia Kuzminová, Russian: Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина) born Anastasiya Vladimirovna Shipulina (born August 28, 1984 in Tyumen) is a Russian-born Slovak biathlete. She won the silver medal in 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang mass start[1] and a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.[2] She also won a silver medal in the 10 km pursuit race at the same games.
Kuzmina's victory makes her the second Slovak after Ondrej Nepela to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, first for independent Slovakia.[2]
Her brother Anton Shipulin is also Russian biathlete. Her husband, Daniel Kuzmin, is an Israeli cross-country skier and Kuzmina's personal coach at the 2010 Olympics.[3] They have one son - Yelisey.
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