Galina VISHNEVSKAYA-SHEPORENKO

Kazakhstan

Biathlon

Date of Birth: 10 Feb 1994

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SEMEY

Birth Country:

Kazakhstan

Residence: SEMEY

Residence Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Biathlon	Women's 15km Individual	44
	Women's 7.5km Sprint	52
	Women's 10km Pursuit	52

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	4 × 6 kilometres Relay	2014	Sochi, RUS
14	Women's 4 × 6 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
18	Mixed 2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
20	Women's 10 kilometres Pursuit	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
30	Women's 7.5 kilometres Sprint	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
40	15 kilometres	2014	Sochi, RUS
45	Women's 15 kilometres	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
61	7.5 kilometres Sprint	2014	Sochi, RUS

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

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Single Mixed Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
20	Women's 4x6km Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
25	Women's 15km Individual	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
27	Mixed Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
73	Women's 7.5km Sprint	2021	Pokljuka, SLO

World Cup
Rank	Event	Season
46	Women's Individual	2020/21
63	Women's Sprint	2020/21
67	Women's Total	2020/21

Nickname:

Galya

Previous names:

nee Vishnevskaya

Hobbies:

Reading, playing football, going out with friends

Occupation:

Athlete, Coach

Education:

Studied physical education at the Pedagogical Institute of Shakarim State University in Semey.

Family:

Husband, Andrey Sheporenko (married in summer 2020).Younger brother, Pavel.

Languages spoken:

Russian, English

Club name:

Dynamo

Coach:

National: Nikolay Vydrin (KAZ)
Personal: Rafail Mirsalimov (KAZ)

Debut:

2011 IBU Cup in Oestersund (Sprint - 32nd)
2011 World Cup in Hochfilzen (Sprint - 82nd, Relay - 18th)

Injuries:

Late 2020: Missed the first half of the season due to health problems. Returned in January 2021.

National team:

2010

Start:

Played football as goalkeeper, but was stopped by an injury. She took up biathlon in 2008, at age 14, in Semey.

Reason:

Her friend began training in biathlon so she decided to try the sport too. (altaynews.kz, 21 Dec 2012)

Training:

"My coach and I decided that it is necessary to develop everything in the same way. Everything should be, in our opinion, in balance, otherwise, it is impossible to come with an excellent result. It is impossible, for example, to drastically change the usual running or shooting technique, you need to hone the technique to which the athlete was initially accustomed." (altaynews.kz, 21 Dec 2012)

Memorable:

Winning pursuit gold at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Presque Isle. "I thought about winning the gold medal all night. I was very motivated at the start and wanted to shoot clean. In the last lap, I still could not believe that I was going to win by such a large amount." (biathlonworld.com, 2 Mar 2014)

Hero:

Biathlete Martin Fourcade (FRA), five-time Olympic gold medallist and 13-time world champion.

Biathlete Magdalena Neuner (GER), Vancouver 2010 dual Olympic gold medallist and 12-time world champion. (prosportkz.kz, 25 Jan 2013)

Award:

Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan

General Interest

DOPING CHARGES
Shortly before the 2018/19 season, Vishnevskaya and eight of her teammates were temporarily banned by the IBU due to suspected doping violations. She appealed against this decision to the International Court of Justice for Sports, who decided in her favour in March 2019. She returned for the World Championships in Oestersund and competed at the final World Cup stage in Oslo.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Two-time Olympian (2014, 2018), with one top-20 individual finish from PyeongChang 2018.

Won two medals at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 (Innsbruck), claiming sprint silver and pursuit bronze.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dual bronze medallist at the 2018 Summer World Championships in Nove Mesto in the sprint and pursuit.

Seven-time Youth/Junior World Championship medallist, winning one gold, four silver and two bronze from 2011-15. Her only gold came in the 2014 pursuit, after winning silver in the sprint.

WORLD CUP
Secured her first World Cup points in December 2013 after finishing 36th in the Annecy sprint.

Finished 20th overall during the 2016/17 World Cup season, after two top-10 finishes.

Had her first World Cup podium in December 2017, finishing third in the single mixed relay at Oestersund with Maxim Braun.

CONTINENTAL
Won all four biathlon gold medals at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo.

Six-time Asian Championship medallist, winning three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in 2011 (Chirchiq) and 2014 (Almaty). Added two gold and one silver in the junior competition in 2014.

UNIVERSIADE
Most successful biathlete at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty after winning gold in the sprint and mass start, and silver in the individual. She was leading the pursuit until she confused the standing and prone shooting positions and was disqualified.

Previously won a silver mixed relay medal in 2015.

Social Media

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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