Sergei Borissowitsch Schuplezow

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Sergei Borissowitsch Schuplezow Freestyle skiing
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union RussiaRussiaRussia 
birthday April 25, 1970
place of birth ChusovoySoviet UnionSoviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
date of death July 14, 1995
Place of death La ClusazFranceFranceFrance 
Career
End of career July 14, 1995
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 2 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1994 Lillehammer Moguls
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Championships
gold 1991 Lake Placid combination
gold 1993 Altenmarkt im Pongau combination
bronze 1995 La Clusaz Moguls
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 5th January 1990
 World Cup victories 12
 Overall World Cup 1. ( 1993/94 )
 Mughal World Cup 1. ( 1994/95 )
 Combination World Cup 1. (1993/94)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Moguls 8th 7th 1
 combination 4th 8th 4th
 

Sergei Borissowitsch Schuplezow ( Russian Сергей Борисович Шуплецов ; English Sergey Shupletsov , born April 25, 1970 in Tschussowoi , Perm Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ; † July 14, 1995 in La Clusaz , France ) was a Russian freestyle skier .

Career

Schuplezow made his debut in the World Cup in January 1990 and won 26th place in the ballet competition in Mont Gabriel . In the same month he achieved his first podium finish in the World Cup in the combination in Lake Placid with third place. This was followed by fifth place in the combination in La Clusaz and sixth in the combination world cup at the end of the season. At the beginning of the 1990/91 season he won his first World Cup victory in the combination in La Plagne . In the further course of the season he took second place in the combination in Tignes and in the Moguls competition in Pyhätunturi and thus reached seventh place in the combined World Cup. At the season highlight, the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in 1991 in Lake Placid, he won the gold medal in the combination. He also achieved 23rd place in Aerias, 14th place in ballet and fourth place in Moguls. In the following season he finished in the top ten four times in the World Cup, including third place in the combination in Altenmarkt im Pongau and at the end of the season he reached sixth place in the combination world cup. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , he finished 12th in the Moguls. In the 1992/93 season he came on the podium in all combination World Cups. He won two World Cups and also came second twice and third once. At the season highlight, the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in 1993 in Altenmarkt im Pongau, he won the gold medal in combination. He also finished 27th in Aerials, 17th in Ballet and eighth in Moguls. He finished the season in fourth place in the Combination World Cup. In the 1993/94 season he reached 13 podiums in the World Cup, including twice third and seven times second. He won in Blackcomb and in Meiringen in the Moguls and also won in Meiringen in the combination. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , he won the silver medal in the Moguls. At the end of the season he took second place in the Moguls and Combination World Cups and first place in the overall World Cup. In the 1994/95 season he took part in the World Cup only in Moguls competitions. He won six times and took second place twice, winning the Moguls World Cup. At the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in La Clusaz in 1995 , he won the bronze medal in the Moguls competition. In the overall World Cup he was sixth. In July 1995 Schuplezow died in La Clusaz after a motorcycle accident.

World Cup victories

Schuplezow reached 32 podium places, of which 12 wins:

No. date place discipline
 1. 2nd December 1990 FranceFrance La Plagne combination
 2. December 12, 1992 FranceFrance Tignes combination
 3. December 19, 1992 ItalyItaly Piancavallo combination
 4th January 8, 1994 CanadaCanada Blackcomb Moguls
 5. March 12, 1994 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Meiringen Moguls
 6th March 13, 1994 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Meiringen combination
 7th December 15, 1994 FranceFrance Tignes Moguls
 8th. January 7, 1995 CanadaCanada Blackcomb Moguls
 9. January 14, 1995 United StatesUnited States Breckenridge Moguls
 10. January 21, 1995 CanadaCanada Le relay Moguls
 11. January 27, 1995 United StatesUnited States Lake Placid Moguls
 12. February 22, 1995 AustriaAustria Kirchberg Moguls

World Cup overall placements

season total Aerials ballet Moguls combination
Points space Points space Points space Points space Points space
1989/90 13 46. 5 43. 8th 34. 32 29 36 6th
1990/91 17th 35. 6th 53. 23 29 67 22nd 41 7th
1991/92 11 50. 5 44. 6th 37. 66 23. 13 6th
1992/93 62 31. 64 36. 212 23. 188 29 484 4th
1993/94 158 1. 36 41. 476 13. 748 2. 580 2.
1994/95 99 6th - - - - 696 1. - -

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