Anna Sergeyevna Shibanova (; born 10 November 1994) is a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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and member of the Russian national team, currently serving as an

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of Agidel Ufa in the

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(ZhHL). She has represented Russia at six

IIHF Women's World Championship The IIHF Women's World Championship is the premier international women's tournament in ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The official world competition was first held in 1990, with four more champions ...

s, winning bronze medals at the tournaments 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 ...

, and won gold in the women's ice hockey tournaments at the

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s in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

and

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

. Her twin sister

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is also an ice hockey player.

International career

Shibanova was selected for the Russia women's national ice hockey team in the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

. She played in all six games, recording two assists. In December 2017, Shibanova and seven other members of the 2014 Russian Olympic ice hockey squad were sanctioned for doping violations as part of the

Oswald Commission The Oswald Commission was a disciplinary commission of the International Olympic Committee ("IOC"), chaired by IOC member Denis Oswald. It was responsible for investigating and ruling on doping violations by individual Russian athletes at the 20 ...

. The team's results were retroactively disqualified and the players banned for life by the

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(IOC). All eight players filed appeals with the

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(CAS) and the cases of five were overturned on appeal but violations were confirmed in the cases of Shibanova,

Inna Dyubanok Inna Nikolayevna Dyubanok (; born 20 February 1990) is a Russian ice hockey defenseman, currently playing with Belye Medveditsy of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). International career Dyubanok was selected for the Russia national women's ic ...

, and

Galina Skiba Galina Yuryevna Skiba (; born 9 May 1984) is a Russian ice hockey forward. She most recently played with HC Tornado in the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). International career Skiba was selected for the Russian women's ...

and their disqualifications upheld, however, the lifetime ban from the Olympic Games was reduced to a ban from the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

only. Shibanova made three appearances for the

Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team Russia women's national under-18 ice hockey team represents Russia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. The Russia women's national U18 team is controlled by Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. After th ...

, at the

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, with the first in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

.IIHF – Team Russia Stats – 2012 U-18 World Championship
. stats.iihf.com

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shibanova, Anna 1994 births Living people 21st-century Russian sportswomen Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Doping cases in ice hockey FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia HC Agidel Ufa players Ice hockey people from Omsk Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Russia Russian sportspeople in doping cases Russian twins Russian women's ice hockey defencemen Sportspeople banned for life Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey