Sergey Shupletsov
Appearance
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men’s freestyle skiing | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() |
1994 Lillehammer | Moguls |
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | ||
![]() |
1993 Altenmarkt | Combined |
![]() |
1995 La Clusaz | Moguls |
Representing ![]() | ||
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | ||
![]() |
1991 Lake Placid | Combined |
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]- ^ "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. ISBN 1-894963-45-8
Categories:
- 1970 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Chusovoy
- Russian male freestyle skiers
- Freestyle skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Freestyle skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- 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
- Sportspeople from Perm Krai
- Russian freestyle skiing biography stubs
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs