Svetlana Sleptsova

Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova (Russian: Светлана Юрьевна Слепцова; born 31 July 1986 in Khanty Mansiysk) is a retired Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA (Central Sports Club of the Army). She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009, she was part of the gold medal winning Russian women's relay team at the World Championships in Pyeongchang. Sleptsova is an Olympic champion in relay at Vancouver.

Svetlana Sleptsova
Sleptsova in 2017
Personal information
Full nameSvetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova
Born (1986-07-31) 31 July 1986
Khanty-Mansiysk, RSFSR, Soviet Union
ResidenceKhanty-Mansiysk, KMAO, Russia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Websitesvetlana-sleptsova.ru
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubCSKA
SkisFischer
RifleAnschütz
World Cup debut17 January 2007
Retired27 August 2017
Olympic Games
Teams1 (2010)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 (2007–2013, 2016–2017)
Individual races125
All races156
Individual victories5
All victories11
Individual podiums16
All podiums32
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver 4 × 6 km relay
World Championships
2009 Pyeongchang 4 × 6 km relay
2008 Östersund Mixed relay
European Championships
2017 Duszniki-Zdrójsingle mixed relay
2017 Duszniki-Zdrój15 km individual
2017 Duszniki-Zdrój7.5 km sprint
2017 Duszniki-Zdrój10 km pursuit
Updated on 21 December 2016.

In February 2020, Sleptsova was found guilty of an anti-doping violation and had her results from 2013-14 disqualified[1]

Career

Svetlana Sleptsova was born in a sports family. At the age of ten, she started regular biathlon classes, when biathlon coach Alexander Korchak came to her school and invited her to engage in biathlon. In a chat of 17 January 2008 at Rasen-Antholz, Sleptsova recalls: "I started doing biathlon in third grade. There was nothing else but biathlon in Khanty-Mansiysk at that time. There was no alternative." Initially, the young athletes were shooting with air rifles, and the biathlon exercises were combined with ballet dancing, boxing, and karate.

Sleptsova achieved her first success in 2001, when she won the A. Strepetova prize at the Russian Youth Championships. In 2005, under the direction of Mikhail Novikov, she won the individual competition at the Youth World Championships in Kontiolahti (Finland), 1:15 minutes ahead of Vita Semerenko. A few months later, she suffered a severe loss—the death of her father.

Growing into the juniors' age group, Sleptsova became a member of the Yugra team of head coach Valery Zakharov. After two years, thanks to hard training under the sensitive guidance of an experienced coach, she advanced to one of the world's best junior athletes, and did her World Cup debut at Pokljuka in 2007. According to Sleptsova, this experience helped her to be better prepared for the Junior World Championships, and so she achieved two victories at Martell—in the sprint and pursuit competitions, respectively. The successful season for this young athlete was completed by the Senior Russian Championships, where she won three medals, and received a ticket to the country's main national team.

Sleptsova at the start to her silver winning individual race at the 2017 European Championships

Sleptsova coped surprisingly quickly with senior biathlon, attaining several top-10 ranks before the start of the new year. Next, she finished the sprint at Oberhof, Germany as second, and repeated this result in the subsequent week at Ruhpolding. Later, after the disqualification of Kaisa Varis (Finland), she was awarded the victory of this competition. Sleptsova arrived at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund in good form, but an illness prevented her from demonstrating her maximum capability. However, she won the bronze medal in the mixed relay competition. At the end of the season, at Oslo-Holmenkollen, she achieved her first "real" victory, finally standing on top of the pedestal, and won the pursuit competition as well. She came up with similar results at the 2008 Russian Championships, winning three gold medals and the grand prize—a car. As of 2009, she has three world cup victories, excluding the one Varis retrieved after being cleared to compete again after IBU had broken test correction process.

Sleptsova's last competition was the 2017 Summer Biathlon World Championships in Chaykovskiy, Russia. There, she won on all three disciplines (sprint, pursuit and mixed). Following that, Sleptsova announced her retirement on 27 August 2017, as she will concentrate on family life.[2][3]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]

Olympic Games
  • 1 medal (1 gold)
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2010 Vancouver — 13th 18th 14th Gold N/A
* The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships
  • 2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2008 Östersund — 6th 8th 17th 4th Bronze
2009 Pyeongchang — 36th 28th 19th Gold 5th
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk — — — — 8th 6th
2012 Ruhpolding 7th 7th 16th 24th 7th —
2017 Hochfilzen 71st 33rd 24th — 10th —
* During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Junior/Youth World Championships
  • 6 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay
2004 Haute-Maurienne 11th 42nd 16th 4th
2005 Kontiolahti Gold 7th Silver Bronze
2006 Presque Isle 6th 18th 14th Bronze
2007 Martell-Val Martello 5th Gold Gold 4th

Individual podiums
  • 5 victories – (3 Sp, 2 Pu)
  • 16 podiums – (7 Sp, 6 Pu, 2 MS, 1 In)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level Place
12007/085 January 2008 Oberhof, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup2nd
211 January 2008 Ruhpolding, Germany7.5 km SprintWorld Cup2nd
317 January 2008 Antholz, Italy7.5 km SprintWorld Cup3rd
419 January 2008 Antholz, Italy10 km PursuitWorld Cup2nd
59 March 2008 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup3rd
613 March 2008 Holmenkollen, Norway7.5 km SprintWorld Cup1st
715 March 2008 Holmenkollen, Norway10 km PursuitWorld Cup1st
82008/097 December 2008 Östersund, Sweden10 km PursuitWorld Cup2nd
912 December 2008 Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup2nd
1013 December 2008 Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup2nd
1118 December 2008 Hochfilzen, Austria15 km IndividualWorld Cup2nd
1229 December 2008 Hochfilzen, Austria7.5 km SprintWorld Cup1st
132009/1012 December 2009 Hochfilzen, Austria10 km PursuitWorld Cup2nd
1419 December 2009 Pokljuka, Slovenia7.5 km SprintWorld Cup1st
1520 December 2009 Pokljuka, Slovenia10 km PursuitWorld Cup1st
162010/119 January 2011 Oberhof, Germany12.5 km Mass StartWorld Cup3rd
* Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Relay podiums
  • 6 victories – (6 RL)
  • 16 podiums – (14 RL, 2 MR)
No. Season Date Location Discipline Level Place Teammates
12007/089 December 2007 Hochfilzen, Austria4x6 km RelayWorld Cup2nd(with Anisimova / Moiseeva / Iourieva)
216 December 2007 Pokljuka, Slovenia4x6 km RelayWorld Cup2nd(with Neupokoeva / Sorokina / Iourieva)
33 January 2008 Oberhof, Germany4x6 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Neupokoeva / Sorokina / Iourieva)
49 January 2008 Ruhpolding, Germany4x6 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Anisimova / Iourieva / Sorokina)
512 February 2008 Östersund, SwedenMixed 2x6+2x7.5 km RelayWorld Championships3rd(with Neupokoeva / Kruglov / Yaroshenko)
62008/0921 February 2009 Pyeongchang, South Korea4x6 km RelayWorld Championships1st(with Boulygina / Medvedtseva / Zaitseva)
714 March 2009 Vancouver, Canada4x6 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Boulygina / Medvedtseva / Zaitseva)
82009/106 December 2009 Östersund, Sweden4x6 km RelayWorld Cup2nd(with Boulygina / Medvedtseva / Zaitseva)
913 December 2009 Hochfilzen, Austria4x6 km RelayWorld Cup1st(with Boulygina / Romanova / Zaitseva)
1010 January 2010 Oberhof, Germany4x6 km RelayWorld Cup1st(with Bogaliy-Titovets / Boulygina / Medvedtseva)
1123 February 2010 Vancouver, Canada4x6 km RelayOlympic Games1st(with Bogaliy-Titovets / Medvedtseva / Zaitseva)
122010/1122 January 2011 Antholz, Italy4x6 km RelayWorld Cup1st(with Bogaliy-Titovets / Sorokina / Zaitseva)
135 February 2011 Presque Isle, USAMixed 2x6+2x7.5 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Sorokina / Tcherezov / Tchoudov)
142011/1211 December 2011 Hochfilzen, Austria4x6 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Sorokina / Bogaliy-Titovets / Zaitseva)
154 January 2012 Oberhof, Germany4x6 km RelayWorld Cup1st(with Glazyrina / Bogaliy-Titovets / Vilukhina)
1621 January 2012 Antholz, Italy4x6 km RelayWorld Cup3rd(with Glazyrina / Zaitseva / Vilukhina)
* Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

Overall record
Result Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed
Relay[a]		 Total
Individual events Team events All events
1st place–32–6–5611
2nd place134–3–8311
3rd place–1–2523710
Podiums1762142161632
Top 10719156226472875
Points1246321922610928137
Other2131–3[b]–16319
Starts1459331925612531156
a. 1 Includes mixed relay and single mixed relay, the event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.
b. 1 Disqualified (DSQ).
* Statistics as of 8 March 2017.

Shooting
Shooting 2006–07 season[5] 2007–08 season[6] 2008–09 season[7] 2009–10 season[8] 2010–11 season[9] 2011–12 season[10]
Prone position52 / 6086.7%163 / 17991.1%158 / 18386.3%143 / 17084.1%169 / 20482.8%179 / 21384.0%
Standing position45 / 6075.0%148 / 18181.8%134 / 18373.2%140 / 16883.3%164 / 20580.0%170 / 20881.7%
Total97 / 12080.8%311 / 36086.4%292 / 36679.8%283 / 33883.7%333 / 40981.4%349 / 42182.9%
Shooting 2012–13 season[11] 2013–14 season[12] 2014–15 season[13] 2015–16 season[14] 2016–17 season[15] Career
Prone position21 / 3070.0%5 / 771.4%——4 / 580.0%83 / 9785.6%977 / 114885.1%
Standing position27 / 3187.1%5 / 683.3%——4 / 580.0%81 / 10378.6%918 / 115079.8%
Total48 / 6178.7%10 / 1376.9%——8 / 1080.0%164 / 20082.0%1895 / 229882.5%
* Results in all IBU World Cup races, Olympics and World Championships including relay events and disqualified races. Statistics as of 8 March 2017.[4][15]

References
  1. "Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov stripped of Sochi 2014 gold medal for doping". BBC Sport. 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  2. "Sleptsova marks retirement with third IBU Summer World Championship gold". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. "Слепцова: я скоро стану мамой - Чемпионат". championat.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. International Biathlon Union.Svetlana Sleptsova. IBU Datacenter. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  5. 2006-07 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  6. 2007-08 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  7. 2008-09 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  8. 2009-10 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  9. 2010-11 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  10. 2011-12 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  11. 2012-13 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  12. 2013-14 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  13. 2014-15 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  14. 2015-16 Season World Cup Shooting Percentages. realbiathlon.com. Accessed 18 March 2016.
  15. Biathlon Federation of Ukraine. Svetlana Sleptsova. biathlon.com.ua. Accessed 30 November 2016.
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