Dmitrii Shamaev

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Dmitrii Shamaev
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Shamaev in 2024
Personal information
NationalityRussian, Romanian
Born (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 30)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportBiathlon
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Osrblie 12.5 km pursuit
Representing File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Presque Isle 3 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Presque Isle 7.5 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Presque Isle 10 km pursuit

Dmitrii Shamaev (born 30 June 1995) is a Russian-born Romanian biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2021.[1]

Career

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Dmitrii Shamaev started his international career at the 2014 World Youth Championships in Presque Isle, and immediately won his first individual medals in sprint and pursuit, behind Sean Doherty and Marco Groß. He was also victorious with the youth relay team of Yaroslav Kostyukov and Viktor Plitsev. The following year, the Russian competed in the junior events at the 2015 European Championships and again won gold in the mixed relay, narrowly missing out on a medal in the individual event. In the newly created IBU Junior Cup, Shamayev finished in the top 10 twice in 2015/16, while his third relay gold came at the 2016 Junior World Championships with Viktor Plitsev, Nikita Porshnev and Kirill Streltsov. He last competed for his native country at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in the same year. In the summer of 2021, Shamayev and his teammate Natalia Ushkina were granted Romanian citizenship and have been competing for the Romanian Biathlon Federation.[2] In 2024, Shamaev won a silver medal in the pursuit at the European Championships.[3]

Personal life

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In 2023, he married Belarusian biathlete Elena Kruchinkina.[4]

Biathlon results

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All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Championships

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Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Germany 2023 Oberhof 25th 91st 8th
Czech Republic 2024 Nové Město 22nd 59th DNS 15th 23rd 20th
Switzerland 2025 Lenzerheide 80th 22nd

World Cup

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Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
Races Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2021–22 7/22 Didn't earn World Cup points
2022–23 15/21 24 72nd 16 59th 8 66th
2023–24 15/21 6 83rd 6 58th

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