Anna Vasilyevna Shukina (; also

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as Shchukina or Schukina; born 5 November 1987) is a Russian retired

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and former member of the Russian national ice hockey team. In December 2017, Shukina was banned for life by the

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of the

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(IOC) for doping violations made while participating in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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. She filed an appeal with the

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(CAS) and, in 2018, won the appeal and the sanctions against her were annulled. Shukina has twice been on Russian Championship winning teams, Tornado Dmitrov in 2015 and Agidel Ufa in 2017. She has also received individual

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(ZhHL) awards for Most Goals by a Defenceman in the 2015–16 season, while playing with Dynamo Saint Petersburg, and in the 2016–17 season, while playing with Agidel Ufa, and Most Points by a Defenceman in the 2015–16 season. She also played seven seasons with

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HK SKIF Nizhny Novgorod () were a Russian professional ice hockey team in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) until 2022, at which time their league rights were transferred to Hockey Club Torpedo and the team became ZhHK Torpedo. HC SKIF played ...

and served as

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during the 2019–20 season.

International career

Shukina was selected for the Russian national team in the

. She played in all six games of the tournament and scored two goals. Shukina represented Russia at eight

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. Her first appearance came in

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and she won bronze medals as part of the team in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. Though the ban was annulled in 2018, Shukina did not represent Russia in any international competition following the 2017 IOC ban for doping violations.

Career statistics

International career

Through 2013–14 season

References

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* * * 1987 births Living people People from Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast Russian women's ice hockey defencemen HC SKIF players HC Tornado players HC Agidel Ufa players Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in ice hockey FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Vladimir Oblast 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub