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Vitalina Batsarashkina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Igorevna and the family name is Batsarashkina.

Vitalina Igorevna Batsarashkina (Russian: Виталина Игоревна Бацарашкина, IPA: [vʲɪtɐˈlʲinə bətsɐˈraʂkʲɪnə]; born 1 October 1996) is a Russian sports shooter. She is a two-times Olympic champion and two-times Olympic silver medalist. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she became the first female shooter to win three medals at the same Olympic Games. At the previous Olympic Games she was placed second in 10 m air pistol. Besides that, she also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia.[2]

Vitalina Batsarashkina
Batsarashkina in 2021
Personal information
Full nameVitalina Igorevna Batsarashkina
NationalityRussian
Born (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)[1]
Omsk, Russia[1]
Alma materSiberian State University of Physical Education and Sport[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportShooting
EventAir pistol
ClubDynamo[1]
Coached byNatalia Kudrina
Valentin Kudrin[1]
Medal record
Representing Russia ROC
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 25 m pistol
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 10 m air pistol mixed
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10 m air pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Changwon 10 m air pistol mixed
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 25 m pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changwon 10 m air pistol team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk 10 m air pistol mixed
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Arnhem 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Győr 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Győr 10 m air pistol team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Wrocław 10 m air pistol mixed
Gold medal – first place 2021 Osijek 10 m air pistol mixed
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor 10 m air pistol mixed
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osijek 10 m air pistol mixed
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10 m air pistol
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Arnhem 10 m air pistol mixed
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Maribor 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osijek 10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Osijek 25 m air pistol

Sports career

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Early career

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Batsarashkina had a more masculine upbringing: She did not like dresses, painted walls, was friends with boys, liked going hunting with their grandpas. Her wish was to become a lifesaver for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.[3] She started fishing aged 6 and driving UAZs at 12. Her father was a police officer, one grandfather was a professional hunter, and the other was a career military officer. By the age of 10, she had already learned basics of shooting from them and had her own rifle.[4][5] However, she preferred pistol in her later career. She took up sports shooting at age 12, coached by Natalia Kudrina.[6][7][8]

International career

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In international events, Batsarashkina participates in the 10 m and 25 m pistol disciplines. Her first notable international success was at the 2014 European Junior Championships in Moscow, reaching the third place in the 10 m air pistol event and collecting 179.2 points in the final. In the same year and in the same discipline she finished second at the World Junior Championships in Granada, collecting 198.2 points in the final. In 2015, Batsarashkina won gold at the Junior World Cup in Suhl, progressing to 200.2 points in the 10 m pistol final. She also won silver in the 25 m final, winning one point. She got another gold medal at the European Junior Championships in Maribor, now in the 25 m event, collecting seven points. At the 2015 ISSF World Cup in Gabala, she finished second in the 25 m event with one point at the end.[9]

Batsarashkina participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the final with the best result (390), but failed to win gold as Chinese Zhang Mengxue finished with an Olympic record. With that said, Batsarashkina won her first silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol event.[10]

She won her first gold medal at the 10 m European Championships in Győr, in the team event. Before that she also won medals at the 10 m European Championships in Maribor, in the mixed team and team event. At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the Russian collected gold, silver and bronze medal in the mixed 10 m air pistol, 25 m pistol and 10 m team air pistol event. In the mixed event she partnered with Artem Chernousov, who was also her partner in the European Championships.[11]

She then participated at the 2019 European Games, the 2nd edition of that tournament, held in Minsk, Belarus. While finishing fourth in both pistol events (10 m and 25 m), Batsarashkina and Chernousov claimed Russia's first gold medal.[12][13] At the 2020 European 10 m Events Championships, she also finished fourth in the individual event. In the team event, she and her teammates finished on the fifth position after qualifying as the second best team. However, she and Chernousov again won a gold medal, once again defeating their previous opponents Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec.[14]

In the 2021 season, the Russian claimed four medals at the 2021 European Shooting Championships, one of which was a gold medal, which they won after defeating the Serbs a third time in their career. In the individual events, 10 m and 25 m, she won silver and bronze respectively. She took another silver medal in the 10 m team event.

Batsarashkina won two gold medals, in the 10 m and 25 m air pistol events, at the 2020 Olympics, both times with an Olympic record,[15][16] and a silver medal with Chernousov,[17] becoming the first shooter to win three medals at the same Olympic Games.[18] For her achievements at the 2020 Olympics, she received more than 21 million rubles from the Russian federal and regional budgets.[19]

Personal life

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Batsarashkina is married to Ivan Ilyinykh, a former sports rifler from Orenburg whom she met at the 2014 Nationals. In 2015, after retiring from professional sports, he moved to Omsk. They announced their marriage in 2021 after several delays.[3][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e BATSARASHKINA Vitalina Archived 13 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com
  2. ^ "Приказ "О присвоении почетного спортивного звания "Заслуженный мастер спорта России""". Minsport.gov.ru. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Поехала в Токио за золотом: близкие — об олимпийской чемпионке Бацарашкиной, ее победе и скорой свадьбе". 74.ru. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ Ирина Бацарашкина: Росла Вита абсолютной «пацанкой», живая, энергичная, на месте не сидела и болтала без умолку. Archived 8 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Irina Batsarashkina: Vita absolutely grew up as a "tomboy", she was lively, vigorous, didn't stay in the same place and talked a lot. sport-analitika.ru. 9 August 2016
  5. ^ Prosvetov, Aleksandr (7 August 2016). "Виталина Бацарашкина: "Дедушки охотники, папа милиционер. Как было не стать стрелком?". ОЛИМПИАДА — Рио-2016 — Стрельба. СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС". sport-express.ru. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Сборная России выиграла серебряную медаль в стрельбе на Олимпиаде 2016 — Чемпионат". Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. ^ ""Девочка-то золотая!" Виталина Бацарашкина о серебре ОИ и планах на будущее". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Наталья Кудрина: "Бацарашкина совершила подвиг"". 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  9. ^ Vitalina Batsarashkina Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – Profile at the International Shooting Sport Federation
  10. ^ "Vitalina Batsarashkina". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Бацарашкина и Черноусов выиграли золото в стрельбе из пистолета на ЧМ". 2 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Первое золото Европейских игр завоевали российские стрелки". Ntv.ru. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Виталина Бацарашкина – Европейские игры-2019". Championat.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Result Book" (PDF). esc-shooting.org. March 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  15. ^ Russia's Vitalina Batsarashkina sets Olympic record in winning women's 10-meter air pistol gold. ESPN. 25 July 2021
  16. ^ Shooting-Batsarashkina pips Kim in shoot-off for second gold in Tokyo. Reuters. 30 July 2021
  17. ^ "Batsarashkina backs up silver in Rio with gold in Tokyo". Apnews.com. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  18. ^ Vitalina Batsarashkina wins gold in the women's 25m pistol Archived 31 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com. 30 July 2021
  19. ^ "11 миллионов рублей получит Виталина Бацарашкина из Омска за победы на Олимпиаде". Omsk.mk.ru. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  20. ^ ""Как гопник": у двукратной олимпийской чемпионки Бацарашкиной появились хейтеры". YouTube.com. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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