 Shamaev in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Russian, Romanian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1995 Izhevsk, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dmitrii Shamaev (born 30 June 1995) is a Russian-born Romanian biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2021. [1]
Dmitrii Shamaev started his international career at the 2014 World Youth Championships in Presque Isle, and immediately won his first individual medals in sprint and pursuit, behind Sean Doherty and Marco Groß. He was also victorious with the youth relay team of Yaroslav Kostyukov and Viktor Plitsev. The following year, the Russian competed in the junior events at the 2015 European Championships and again won gold in the mixed relay, narrowly missing out on a medal in the individual event. In the newly created IBU Junior Cup, Shamayev finished in the top 10 twice in 2015/16, while his third relay gold came at the 2016 Junior World Championships with Viktor Plitsev, Nikita Porshnev and Kirill Streltsov. He last competed for his native country at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in the same year. In the summer of 2021, Shamayev and his teammate Natalia Ushkina were granted Romanian citizenship and have been competing for the Romanian Biathlon Federation. [2] In 2024, Shamaev won a silver medal in the pursuit at the European Championships. [3]
In 2023, he married Belarusian biathlete Elena Kruchinkina. [4]
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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 2023 Oberhof | 25th | 91st | — | — | 8th | — | — |
 2024 Nové Město | 22nd | 59th | DNS | — | 15th | 23rd | 20th |
| Season | Overall | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | ||||||
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| Races | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | Points | Position | |
| 2021–22 | 7/22 | Didn't earn World Cup points | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | 15/21 | 24 | 72nd | — | — | 16 | 59th | 8 | 66th | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 15/21 | 6 | 83rd | 6 | 58th | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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