Svetlana Ishmouratova

Svetlana Ishmouratova

Svetlana Ishmouratova in Turin 2006
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2006 Turin 15 km individual
2006 Turin 4 × 6 km relay
2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
1998 Hochfilzen Team event
2001 Pokljuka 4 × 7.5 km relay
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 4 × 6 km relay
2005 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km relay
2005 Khanty-Mansiysk Mixed relay
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km mass start
2004 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km pursuit

Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova (Bashkir: Светлана Ирек ҡыҙы Ишморатова, Russian: Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова) (born 20 April 1972) is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.

Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[1]

Biography

Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova was born on 20 April 1972 in Zlatoust. She is of Tatar-Bashkir origin.[2] Svetlana graduated from the Trade Secondary School of Zlatoust and then the State Academy of Physical Education. In 1991, Ishmouratova became the USSR junior champion in individual race and the champion in senior team race. In 1996, she started once in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup but was accused of doping and disqualified for two years. That was the end of her skiing career.

She began participating in biathlons at the age of 24 in 1996. Her coach was Alexander Brylov.[3] In the 1995/96 season, she debuted in the Biathlon World Cup and took 27th place in the sprint race.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she became a bronze medalist in the relay. Four years later, she won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the individual race and relay. Besides that, she has six World Champion titles (in summer and winter biathlon).

Ishmouratova is a five-time world champion - in the relay (2001, 2003 and 2005), mixed relay (2005), and team race (1998). Winner of two silver medals (mass start, 2003, relay, 2004) and one bronze (pursuit, 2003). Two-time world champion in summer biathlon (1999). Her best result in the World Cup was 6th place in 2000 and 2006.

On 2 December 2007, Ishmouratova was elected to the 6th State Duma as a member of the United Russia party.

Ishmouratova has the military rank of Colonel of the Russian Armed Forces. By the decision of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, in February 2016, she was appointed deputy head of CSKA Moscow (FAI RF CSKA) for work with personnel.

Record

Source:[4]

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
2002 Salt Lake City 8th 9th 15th Bronze
2006 Turin Gold 10th 4th 12th Gold
*Mass start was first added in 2006.

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Team Relay Mixed relay
1996 Rupholding 27th
1998 Hochfilzen Gold
1999 Kontiolahti 24th 28th
2000 Oslo Holmenkollen 54th 4th 25th 9th
2001 Pokljuka 15th 16th 12th Gold
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk 4th Bronze Silver Gold
2004 Oberhof 9th 5th DNF Silver
2005 Hochfilzen 10th 11th Gold
2005 Khanty-Mansiysk Gold
*Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

References

  1. ^ "FACTBOX-Olympics-Thursday's gold medal events in Vancouver". Reuters. 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. ^ "Турин 2006: Светлана Ишмуратова «Мучаюсь от бессонницы»" [Turin 2006: Svetlana Ishmuratova "I suffer from insomnia"] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  3. ^ "Брылов Александр Алексеевич" [Brylov Alexander Alekseevich] (in Russian). chel-portal.ru. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  4. ^ "IBU DATACENTER". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.

See also