Anastasiya kuzmina biography of barack

Last modified: Anastasia Kuzmina is known to biathlon fans both in Russia and far beyond the borders of her homeland. She showed excellent results even as part of the Russian national team.

Biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina won the gold medal in the women's km sprint at the Winter Olympics in Sochi on 9 February.

And then she got married and moved to live with her husband in Slovakia. After that, Kuzmina stopped performing under the Russian flag. The future three-time Olympic champion was born in Tyumen on August 28, Anastasia's maiden name is Shipulina. The girl became the first child in a family of masters of sports in biathlon and cross-country skiing.

Three years later twins were born here - Anton and Anya. The younger brother of Anastasia later became a world famous biathlete, champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi. As a child, Nastya tried many sports. Later, this was very useful to her when training in biathlon. Anastasia started skiing under the guidance of her parents. In addition, the girl was engaged in figure skating and karate.

Russian native Anastasia Kuzmina (MPA '02), who studied at the University of Delaware on an Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship and received her MPA in May

But in the end, Nastya opted for ski nordic combination. Anastasia received her first awards for participation in cross-country skiing in her childhood. Later she was included in the national team of the region.