Selina Gasparin
Selina Gasparin ( born April 3, 1984 in Samedan ) is a Swiss biathlete.
Selina Gasparin 2004 moved from cross-country skiing biathlon. After taking in the squad of the Association of Swiss-Ski, she debuted in the World Cup in 2005 and rose in 2010 to the national team. In addition to the male teammates, she launched a number of years as the only biathlete from Switzerland and multiple national champion throughout the World Cup. Your so far biggest achievements came with victories in the sprint in Hochfilzen and Le Grand- Bornand in December 2013 and the silver medal in singles at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games since 2010. Their younger sister Elisa has a firm starting place in the highest competition series, while the youngest sister Aita ascended to the end of the season 2014 in the B-team. The gas Parin sisters occupy mostly three positions in the Swiss women's relay. During her biathlon career Selina Gasparin also denied sporadically competitions in cross-country skiing. In 2013 she took part in a World Cup race for the first time and at the Nordic World Ski Championships.
- 4.1 World Cup rankings
- 4.2 World Cup wins
- 4.3 Olympic Winter Games
- 4.4 Performance Development
Career
Beginnings (2004 to 2009)
Gasparin debuted in 2004 in the European Cup and was 16th in singles, ten in the sprint and 13th in the pursuit. In early February 2005, she won the Swiss championship in the sprint and the runner-up in the mass start. Other national titles were added in subsequent years. Due to the good results it was used at the Junior World Championships 2005 in Kontiolahti, but did not reach the front ranks. On November 26, 2005, she took the sprint in Ostersund for the first time at a World Cup race in part and made it to number 86 then they started initially back in the European Cup and the European Championships in Long village, where they the good places in the sprint ( 12 ) and in tracking ( 14 ) finished. Another successful event was the European Cup in Gurnigel home, in which she finished second in the sprint and mass start and third parties in the pursuit. Your next World Cup inserts in the sprint race Pokljuka and Oberhof she finished each with rank 69
Early February 2007, launched Gasparin in Antholz as the first female athlete from Switzerland at Biathlon World Championships. With number 44 in the individual she succeeded in a total mixed results a moderate success in her young career. In January 2009 she won in Oberhof as 29th in a sprint race first World Cup points.
Establishment in the World Cup (2009 to 2012)
In the following season, Gasparin qualified at the same place by a 23rd place in the sprint the first Swiss biathlete for the Olympic Winter Games. In January 2010, she reached in Antholz in a single rank five with an outstanding result they repeated the following year in the sprint. Two months later, in ninth place in the sprint in Oslo, another top ten result. In the Biathlon Mixed Relay World Cup 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk for the first time was a mixed Swiss Season used. As a first leg Gasparin reached together with her sister Elisa and Benjamin Weger and Thomas Frei Rank 13 out of 18 nations.
Out of Competition starting, gas Parin won the individual race at the German Championships in September 2010. Your best result in the World Cup season 2010/2011 she had the sprint in Anterselva on January 21, 2011 in fifth place. With this result, it secured for the first time to participate in a mass start race they finished two days later in eighth. On 9 March 2011 she ran in a single World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk on 13th place. With a ranking of seven in the pursuit at the season finale in Oslo they completed their World Cup record of top ten rankings in all four individual events.
In March 2011 Gasparin triumphed at the 58th International Zollski competitions in the Swiss Ulrichen in a single run over five kilometers off the German Nicole Fessel. End of December 2011, she first participated at the World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen and took along with her teammates Benjamin Weger ninth. In the season 2011/2012 they reached early February 2012, 14th in the sprint in Oslo. After the Swiss mixed relay was first placed at the start of the World Championships in Ruhpolding in the top ten, put gas Parin on March 3, 2012 at the Sprint with an error-free shooting and twelfth its best-ever result at individual title fights on. The next day they confirmed the performance with number 13 in the pursuit race. At her sister Elisa and the two junior Irene Cadurisch and Patricia Jost page they came up with the first Swiss women's relay at a major event as 21 started from 26 nations to the finish.
Construction of the women's team (2012/2013)
End of April 2012 took Gasparin part in the Patrouille des Glaciers and came together with the Skibergsteigerinnen Caroline Kilchenmann and Victoria cruiser sixth of 26 women's teams started. In cross-country skiing competition in the German Championships on September 22, 2012, she finished fourth. Right at the beginning of the World Cup season 2012/2013 in Östersund she succeeded with two shooting errors and fourth place in the individual the best result of the season. On December 9, 2012 three sisters were represented in a relay in Hochfilzen for the first time in the history of international biathlon with Selina, Elisa and Aita gas Parin, which was completed by C- Squad junior Ladina Meier - Ruge. At the World Cup debut, the women's relay reached # 16 of 22 nations started. With ninth in the sprint in Pokljuka and seventh in the mass start in Ruhpolding followed by two more top ten results. Mid- February 2013 yielded gas Parin at the World Championships in Nove Mesto na Moravě in a single place with 20 of their best performance of the World Cup from. In addition, the women's relay saw 13 out of 24 nations binned for a premiere at the World Championships. Switzerland is thus secured Rank 16 in the national rankings for the last two title fights and the objectives pursued by the Association four quota places at the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi.
Following Gasparin graduated first in her career, a World Cup race in cross-country skiing. On February 17, 2013, it came at the World Cup in Davos over 10 km freestyle at the 21st place and was subsequently selected by the Association for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. There they missed in the same discipline, the top 30 to a position with less than two minutes behind the winner Therese Johaug. At the last World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk she finished with only one shooting error ranked seventh in the final mass start and overall fourth top ten finish of the season. In the Nation of women to Switzerland was the first time in the top 20 and thus decreed the following season three launch sites. At season's end gas Parin was again double national champion and won after second place in the mass start over five kilometers at the 60th International Zollski competitions in Galtür in the subsequent night sprint.
First World Cup victories and Olympic silver (2013/2014)
In the spring of 2013 Gasparin initiated the collaboration with a mental coach to better cope with the psychological challenges in the shooting with the help of hypnotherapy. During the pre-season they finished in September 2013 behind Franziska Preuss and Karin Oberhofer in the mass start of the German Championships in Ruhpolding third place of the international classifications. At the start of the World Cup season 2013/2014 they celebrated on December 6, 2013 in the sprint in Hochfilzen her first World Cup victory, while the first triumph of a Swiss father and the first podium for the women in this sport. A week later she also won the sprint race of the third World Cup in Le Grand -Bornand and took over in the meantime the red jersey of the discipline leader. In the ensuing persecution she managed with the sixth best career result in this discipline. Beginning in January 2014 met the women's relay with the three gas Parin sisters and Irene Cadurisch anchor leg in Ruhpolding with tenth place as required by the lattice norm for participation in the Olympic Winter Games. After two top 20 placings in the sprint and pursuit Gasparin won on 14 February 2014, the silver medal in the individual competition. After error-free shooting she came over a minute behind the Olympic champion Darya Domratschawa the finish and caused quite another first in the Swiss biathlon. In addition, for the first time went three athletes from the same family in an Olympic competition, which in the final season with ninth were delivering the best result later. After returning from Sochi gas Parin won beginning in March 2014 when 15 Women's race during the Engadin Ski Marathon.
Personal
Selina Gasparin grew up in Pontresina and lives in S -chanf. After leaving school at the Academia Engiadina she moved to Norway for three years and holds a degree in sport and exercise sciences in Meråker and Lillehammer. In 2007, she returned to Switzerland and joined a year later her training as a border guard from. In addition to German and English, she speaks Italian, Norwegian, and how her two sisters Romansh. Early November 2010, she went a long term partnership with a Swiss bakery products, which is present as individual sponsor advertising on head and gun since then. End of February 2011, she was accepted into the Sports Promotion Program Golden Talents. It also works as a consultant at the ARS sports management in their locality S- chanf that supports young athletes in finding sponsors.
Since October 2011, Parin gas is in a relationship with the Russian cross-country skiers Ilya Tschernoussow.
Public perception
Selina Gasparin was since her World Cup started in 2005 over a longer period as a pioneer of the sport of biathlon in Switzerland. Targeted youth development and professionalisation of training conditions, like the other nations were young athletes since 2010 successively the squad status of the Swiss Federation. Success of male teammates as Benjamin Weger helped the sport around the same time next to the prestigious alpine disciplines to an increased value in their home country. The participation of three sisters at a World Cup season in December 2012 caused over national borders headlines. Contributions in newspapers and appearances on radio testified growing popularity. Among other Gasparin was together with her sisters in the question game "I or You » Boulevard magazine high & mighty, as well as in the show on! On! the talk show Aeschbacher guest. After their first World Cup success, she gave in 2013 as a studio guest in the sports broadcast Sportpanorama a longer interview. The media spoke of a " historic victory " and dedicated the athlete detailed portraits. In addition, Switzerland since late 2013 has the Biathlon Arena Lenzerheide first time a venue that can be used for major international events.