Sergey Shupletsov
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle skiing | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1994 Lillehammer | Moguls |
| FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1993 Altenmarkt | Combined |
| Bronze medal – third place | 1995 La Clusaz | Moguls |
| Representing File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | ||
| FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1991 Lake Placid | Combined |
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Sergey Borisovich Shupletsov (Russian: Сергей Борисович Шуплецов; April 25, 1970 in Chusovoy – July 14, 1995 in La Clusaz) was a Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in moguls. Jean-Luc Brassard won gold, and Edgar Grospiron got bronze.[1]
In 1995, Shupletsov won the World Cup tour in Moguls. That year he had six World Cup wins (including winning five in a row) and placed 2nd three times. He died shortly afterward, on July 14, 1995, in a motorcycle accident.[2]
He competed in 102 World Cups and was on the podium 32 times with 12 victories.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "1994 Winter Olympics – Lillehammer, Norway – Alpine Skiing" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 24, 2008)
- ^ Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- 1970 births
- 1995 deaths
- Skiers from Chusovoy
- Russian male freestyle skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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- Olympic freestyle skiers for the Unified Team
- Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia
- Olympic silver medalists for Russia
- Motorcycle road incident deaths
- Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Road incident deaths in France
- Soviet male freestyle skiers
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian freestyle skiing biography stubs
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