Dmitrii Shamaev

Dmitrii Shamaev
Shamaev in 2024
Personal information
NationalityRussian, Romanian
Born (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995
Sport
CountryRomania
SportBiathlon
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Romania
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Osrblie12.5 km pursuit
Representing  Russia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Cheile Grădiştei4 × 7.5 km relay
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Presque Isle3 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2014 Presque Isle7.5 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place2014 Presque Isle10 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

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

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

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Championships

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass startRelay Mixed relaySingle mixed relay
Germany2023 Oberhof25th 91st 8th
Czech Republic2024 Nové Město22nd 59th DNS 15th 23rd 20th
Switzerland2025 Lenzerheide80th 22nd

World Cup

Season Overall Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start
RacesPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2021–227/22Didn't earn World Cup points
2022–2315/212472nd1659th866th
2023–2415/21683rd658th

References