Timofey Lapshin

Timofei Alexeyevich Lapshin (Russian Тимофей Алексеевич Лапшин; born February 3, 1988 in Krasnoyarsk ) is a Russian biathlete.

Timofei Lapshin began in 2008 with the club СДЮШОР № 43, a specialized children's and youth sports school of Olympic reserve ( SDJuSchOR ), in Moscow under the trainers N. Lopukhov and Alexei Lapshin, his father, with the biathlon. He played his first international championship at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Canmore. In individual he reached the 46th place in the sprint and pursuit he was 13 He also won with Yevgeny Petrov, Pavel Magasejew and Alexei Volkov in the relay race the silver medal. This was followed by participation in the Junior competitions the Biathlon European Championships in 2009 in Ufa where the Russians finished ninth in the sprint and pursuit race was eighth. With Nasir Rabadanow, Sergei Volkov and Kugubajew he won in the relay race for the title. Third major event was the junior competitions at the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Oberhof. Lapshin was at the competitions on roller skis fourth in the sprint and fifth in the persecution. 2010, the Russian began the first time in the IBU Cup. In Altenberg he immediately became fifth in his first race and thus reached immediately first points and first digit placement. In the following pursuit race of the still unstable athlete fell after eleven shooting errors back to the 48th place. In Duszniki Zdrój the Russian took part in the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2010. In the sprint, he finished in tenth place was in the pursuit race based on it to improve to second place behind Matej Kazár. The following winter he won the individual race in the IBU Cup of Martell for themselves. His first start in the World Cup experienced Timofei Lapshin in Hochfilzen in the World Cup 2011/2012. In the sprint race, he was ranked 23 and the pursuer, he improved to 18 and won his first World Cup race immediately his first points. At the same place he was a week later in the Sprint third and first stood on the podium in the World Cup. In Kontiolahti he had to just admit defeat in a sprint race Martin Fourcade and was runner-up.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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