Uliana NIGMATULLINA

ROC

Biathlon

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MOZGHA

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: IZHEVSK

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Biathlon	Women's 15km Individual	78
	Women's 7.5km Sprint	13
	Women's 10km Pursuit	11
	Women's 12.5km Mass Start	17
	Women's 4x6km Relay ROC ROC	2
	Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M) ROC ROC	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 15km Individual	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 7.5km Sprint	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 10km Pursuit	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 4x6km Relay	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Women's 12.5km Mass Start	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
24	Women's 15 kilometres	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
33	Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
52	Women's 10 kilometres Pursuit	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	7.5 kilometres Pursuit	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
2	Cross-Country / Biathlon Relay	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
3	6 kilometres Sprint	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
DSQ	2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay	2012	Innsbruck, AUT

Nickname:

Ulya, Princess of Biathlon.

Previous names:

nee Kaisheva

Hobbies:

Reading books, watching movies, studying languages.

Occupation:

Athlete, Sports soldier, Tourism manager

Education:

Tourism Management" - Udmurt State University (Izhevsk, RUS)

Family:

Husband, Ilshat (married June 2021). Parents, Nikolay (foreman in a furniture factory) and Lyudmila (entrepreneur). Younger sister, Anastasiia (studied journalism).

Languages spoken:

Russian, English

Club name:

Central Sports Army Club (CSKA)

Coach:

National: Mihail Shashilov (RUS)
Personal: Ilshat Raulovich Nigmatullin (RUS)

Sporting relatives:

Husband Ilshat Nigmatullin (Cross-country skiing): Dual silver medallist at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum. Competed at the national championships from 2008-2018, with four top-10 finishes. Participated in Russian-based FIS and Eastern Europe Cup races. Worked as Uliana's personal trainer for the past few years.

Sister Anastasiia Kaisheva (Biathlon): Junior European Championship pursuit bronze medallist (2019). Seventh overall during the 2018/19 IBU Junior Cup, finishing in the top-five in sprint and pursuit. Had her only victory that season, winning the Station Des Rousses sprint by 0.2 seconds.

Debut:

2014 IBU Cup in Martell (Mixed Relay - 6th)
2015 World Cup in Pokljuka (Sprint - 62nd)

National team:

2012

Start:

Introduced to the sport by her cross-country skiing father at age 10 in Mozhga. (biathlonrus.com, 11 Jan 2018)

Memorable:

Winning all four races at the 2013 Youth World Championships in Obertilliach. "I never dreamed that I could win three (individual) gold medals here. I'm just happy. I didn't expect to be in such good shape and that I move so much faster than my rivals." (iz.ru, 30 Jan 2013)

Hero:

"I don't have one idol." (iz.ru, 30 Jan 2013)

Ritual:

Listens to classical music before the race to mentally prepare. Then listens to foreign dance music.

Philosophy:

"I want everything at once." (iz.ru, 30 Jan 2013)

Award:

Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation (2017).

Milestones

Won silver in the relay and bronze in the mixed relay at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Youngest biathlete representing Olympic Athletes from Russia at PyeongChang 2018 (23 years, 339 days).

Triple medallist at the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games, becoming the inaugural pursuit champion ahead of Franziska Preuss (GER). Added a silver medal in the cross-country/biathlon mixed relay, with teammates Anastasia Sedova, Ivan Galushkin and Alexander Selyaninov. Would have added another silver in the mixed relay, had the team not been disqualified for illegal propulsion.

Achieved a career-high 20th during the 2020/21 World Cup season, recording her highest individual finish (5th Oestersund mass start). Had her only two World Cup wins in January 2021, the first in the Oberhof mixed relay, finishing 0.7 seconds ahead of Norway.

Successful six-season IBU CUP career, with 12 total wins and 21 podium finishes (11 in sprint). Finished fourth overall in 2016/17, with top-five placings in the sprint and pursuit.

Undefeated at the 2013 Youth World Championships in Obertilliach, winning all four races. Won each individual discipline by more than one minute. Added three junior championship medals, with two silver (2014 and 2015 relays) and one bronze (2014 individual).

Seven-time Junior European Championship medallist with two gold (2013 sprint, 2015 relay), three silver (2014 and 2015 pursuit, 2014 relay) and two bronze (2014 and 2015 sprint).

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver
:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

Timing and scoring provided by OMEGA. Results powered by Atos