Selina Gasparin

Selina Gasparin

Gasparin in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1984-04-03) 3 April 1984[1] Samedan, Switzerland
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Indiv. podiums	3
Indiv. wins	2
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Individual
Updated on 14 February 2014

Selina Gasparin (born 3 April 1984) is a Swiss former biathlete.^[2]

Biography

She won a silver medal in the Individual at 2014 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Gasparin competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. Her best performance was 40th in the individual. She also finished 56th in the sprint and 48th in the pursuit.^[3]

As of February 2013, her best performance at the Biathlon World Championships was 10th, as part of the 2012 Swiss mixed relay team. Her best individual performance is 12th in the 2012 sprint.^[2]

As of February 2013, Gasparin's best individual performance in the Biathlon World Cup is 4th in the individual at Östersund in 2012/13. Her best overall finish in the Biathlon World Cup is 29th, in 2010/11 and 2011/12.^[2]

On 6 December 2013, Gasparin won her first World cup event by finishing first in a sprint competition in Hochfilzen. A week later she took another win in sprint in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand.^[2]

She is the older sister of fellow biathletes Elisa Gasparin and Aita Gasparin.^[4] She married Russian cross-country skier and fellow Olympic medalist Ilia Chernousov^[5] in June 2014.^[6] In September 2014 Gasparin announced that she was pregnant and would miss the 2014-15 season.^[7]

She retired at the end of the 2021-22 season.

Biathlon results

^[2]

Olympic Games

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed Relay
2010 Vancouver	40th	56th	48th	–	–	—N/a
2014 Sochi	Silver	13th	15th	10th	9th	12th
2018 Pyeongchang	65th	41st	39th	–	6th	–
2022 Beijing	62nd	–	–	–	–	–

Individual victories

2 victories (2 Sp)

Date	Event	Competition	Level
6 December 2013	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup
14 December 2013	Annecy	7.5 km Sprint	Biathlon World Cup

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[8]

World Championships

Year	Age	10 km  individual	15 km  skiathlon	30 km  mass start	Sprint	4 × 5 km  relay	Team  sprint
2013	28	31	—	—	—	—	—

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	NordicOpening	Tour deSki	Ski Tour2020	World CupFinal
2013	28	103	74	—	—	—	—N/a	—
2018	33	87	—	60	—	DNF	—N/a	—
2020	35	NC	NC	NC	—	DNF	—	—N/a

References

1. "Selina GASPARIN". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on February 12, 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. IBU Profile – Selina Gasparin
3. Sports-Reference Profile
4. Prasad, Sonali (15 February 2014). "Gasparin sisters bond over biathlon in Sochi". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. "Athletes - Ilia Chernousov". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
6. "Sochi Medalists Selina Gasparin, Ilia Chernousov Marry". International Biathlon Union. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
7. "A Daughter for Marie Dorin Habert". International Biathlon Union. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
8. "GASPARIN Selina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.