Selina Gasparin

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Selina Gasparin
Gasparin in 2010
Born (1984-04-03) 3 April 1984 (age 40)[1]
Samedan, Switzerland
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
World Cup career
Podiums3
Wins2
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Individual
Updated on 14 February 2014.

Selina Gasparin (born 3 April 1984) is a Swiss biathlete.[2]

Biography

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She won a silver medal in the Individual at 2014 Winter Olympics.[2]

Gasparin competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. Her best performance was 40th in the individual. She also finished 56th in the sprint and 48th in the pursuit.[3]

As of February 2013, her best performance at the Biathlon World Championships was 10th, as part of the 2012 Swiss mixed relay team. Her best individual performance is 12th in the 2012 sprint.[2]

As of February 2013, Gasparin's best individual performance in the Biathlon World Cup is 4th in the individual at Östersund in 2012/13. Her best overall finish in the Biathlon World Cup is 29th, in 2010/11 and 2011/12.[2]

On 6 December 2013, Gasparin won her first World cup event by finishing first in a sprint competition in Hochfilzen. A week later she took another win in sprint in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand.[2]

She is the older sister of fellow biathletes Elisa Gasparin and Aita Gasparin.[4] She married Russian cross-country skier and fellow Olympic medalist Ilia Chernousov[5] in June 2014.[6] In September 2014 Gasparin announced that she was pregnant and would miss the 2014-15 season.[7]

Biathlon results

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Olympic Games

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Relay Mixed Relay
Canada 2010 Vancouver 40th 56th 48th – – —
Russia 2014 Sochi Silver 13th 15th 10th 9th 12th
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 65th 41st 39th – 6th –
China 2022 Beijing 62nd – – – – –

Individual victories

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2 victories (2 Sp)

Date Event Competition Level
6 December 2013 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Biathlon World Cup
14 December 2013 France Annecy 7.5 km Sprint Biathlon World Cup

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[8]

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2013 28 31 — — — — —

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		Ski Tour
2020 		World Cup
Final
2013 28 103 74 — — — — —
2018 33 87 — 60 — DNF — —
2020 35 NC NC NC — DNF — —

References

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  1. ^ "Selina GASPARIN". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 16 February 2014.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c d e f IBU Profile – Selina Gasparin
  3. ^ Sports-Reference Profile
  4. ^ Prasad, Sonali (15 February 2014). "Gasparin sisters bond over biathlon in Sochi". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Athletes - Ilia Chernousov". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Sochi Medalists Selina Gasparin, Ilia Chernousov Marry". International Biathlon Union. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  7. ^ "A Daughter for Marie Dorin Habert". International Biathlon Union. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. ^ "GASPARIN Selina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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