Biography
Ekaterina Evgenievna Shumilova - Russian athlete, biathlete, winner of the European Championship 2015, the Russian Championship 2015, the owner of the silver medal of the 2014 Olympics in the female relay. Honored Master of Sports.
Biathlonist Ekaterina Shumilova - Perm. The girl was born in Solikamsk in October 1986. In Sport Katya from ornamental years. For the first time, Yevgeny Yuryevich put the daughter for the first time, who became the first coach of the future champion.
Initially, there were no plans from Kati athlete. The girl often sick, and skiing in combination with fresh frosty air had to strengthen health. But gradually Catherine was fascinated by skis, and the rest moved to the background. Racing and ski jumps gave a girl easily. Shumilov rapidly managed rivals on turns and every time he gladed victories.
In Biathlon, Ekaterina Shumilova came quite late. In 2004, when the Kate turned 18, a friend of his father offered a girl to try himself in this exciting sport. Align the usual skiing races with shooting seemed interesting to the girl. And trying, Shumilov realized that this extreme was lacked in the usual skiing.
The first success and brilliant results in biathlon Ekaterina Shumilova achieved quickly.
Biathlon
Already 2 years after the start of the classes, Shumilov was included in the junior team. In the same year, the biathlonist represented Russia in the championship of juniors at the World Championships. Then the athlete managed to conquer "bronze" that for beginner biathletes turned out to be an excellent result.
In 2007, Ekaterina Shumilova becomes a two-time European champion, which turned out to be a complete surprise for many rivals abroad and in Russia. 21-year-old Katya invited to the national team.
The rapid start of the sports biography relaxed athlete. This can be explained by the fact that the girl failed to entrenched in the team and did not stand the competition with more experienced colleagues. Failure forced Catherine Sumilov to mobilize and make a jerk forward. In the next Olympic cycle, Katya returned lost positions and securely fixed in the team.
To prove his worthwestern athlete in the 2013/2014 World Cup season in the Austrian Hochfilzen, taking the 6th position in the persecution race. At that time it was the best result of Catherine. The athlete entered the Russian national team and spoke at the Sochi Olympiad. In the female relay, biathlete, together with colleagues, became a silver medalist.
In March 2015, at the World Championships in the Finnish Contiolachti, Shumilova managed to improve the former positions, rising on the 4th place in the persecution race.
As it became known at the end of February 2016, Ekaterina Shumilova received a place as part of the women's national team. In March, the girl has already participated in the Biathlon World Championship, which was held in the Norwegian city of Holmeniclane. In the same year, the athlete ranked third in the World Cup relay, which was held in Antersell.
Personal life
It is difficult to imagine that the purposeful and volitional Katia Shumilov is enjoying the "unsportsmanlike" hobby: from the young age, the girl writes poems. While the own works of Catherine keeps at Mom and shows only close friends. But who knows, maybe soon a girl will not be afraid to present his own lyrics to the court of sports fans.
Katya can amaze. After all, besides unexpected hobby, the girl loves to give even to verses. Competitions and intense preparations for regular games take almost all free time. Apparently, the fees interfere with the athlete to focus on personal. As it became known, the personal life of Catherine Sumilova continues to remain in the second plan. Biathlete is not married. Katya is not divided with anyone, whether she has a chosen one.
Shumilova, like many colleagues, "unsportsmanlike" higher education. Catherine graduated from the pedagogical university. The girl perfectly owns French and communicates in English. In some personal photos, which can be found in the open internet, Catherine appears in the image of a fragile girl.
Ekaterina Shumilova now
Now the athlete lives in Khanty-Mansiysk, where he is training in the center of sports training teams of Ugra. The second coach after the Father became for the girl Zakharov V. P. The champion's personal instructor is considered to be A. A. Russian. For competitions, Catherine uses fischer skis and the Anschutz brand rifle. As an esciption of an athlete uses suits, glasses and gloves of the Adidas brand.
At the end of 2016, an anti-doping scandal broke out in the international sports community. According to reports, 31 Russian champion was suspected of applying prohibited funds. Among the candidates for the abolition of titles, the representative of the biathlon community - Ekaterina Shumilov appeared.
In March 2017, at the World Cup in Contiolachti at the Sprint stage, Catherine Schumilova took 23rd place in an individual standings. The athlete critically refers to his own performances, so such a result seemed unsatisfactory biathlete.
In the middle of August, qualifying competitions of the Summer Biathlon World Championship were held in Tchaikovsky. As competitions, the categories of the sprint, mixed relay and mass start were selected. On the first day, Catherine became the third after rivals from the Ulyanovsk region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory - Olga Dmitrieva and Natalia Hlebulova. The girls became the winners at a distance of 7.5 km.
In September, the competition championship competitions on the summer biathlon were held, where in the team competition athletes from KhMAO Inna Smirnova, Ekaterina Mashkova, Christina Rubezova and Ekaterina Shumilov became the third in the group competition, giving the first place to the Tyumen team, and the second biathletes from Udmurtia.
Achievements
- 2010 - Two bronze medals at the European Championship
- 2012 - Silver Medal in the European Championship
- 2014 - Silver Medal in Olympic Games
- 2015 - Golden and Bronze Medals at the European Championship