Anastasiya Kuzmina
Gold Medal
Slovakia
Anastasiya Vladimirovna Kuzmina (Slovak: Anastasia Kuzminová, Russian: Анастасия Владимировна Кузьмина) born Anastasiya Vladimirovna Shipulina (born August 28, 1984 in Tyumen) is Slovak biathlete born in Russia. She won the silver medal in 2009 Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang mass start and a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. She also won a silver medal in the 10 km pursuit race at the same games. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she again won the gold medal in the sprint.
Kuzmina's victory makes her the second Slovak after Ondrej Nepela to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, first for independent Slovakia.
Her brother Anton Shipulin is a Russian biathlete. Her husband, Daniel Kuzmin, is an Israeli cross-country skier and Kuzmina's personal coach at the 2010 Olympics. They have one son - Yelisey.
Susan Dunklee
14th Place
U.S.A.
Susan Dunklee (born February 13, 1986) is an American biathlete who has competed since 2008. Her best World Cup finish was 17th in a Sprint event in Antholz, Italy in 2012.
Dunklee's best finish at the Biathlon World Championships was 5th in the individual event at Ruhpolding in 2012.
On November 22, 2013, Dunklee was named to the American team for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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