Anton Anatolyevich Shulepov (russian: Антон Анатольевич Шулепов, born 30 March 1996) is a Russian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. He has won three international medals – silver at the

2015 CS Warsaw Cup The 2015 Warsaw Cup was a senior international figure skating competition held in November 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pai ...

2016 CS Tallinn Trophy The 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2016 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Its senior categories were part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded ...

, and 2016

International Cup of Nice The International Cup of Nice (french: Coupe Internationale de Nice) is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It was continuously held from 1995 to 2017 (except 2005) for 22 years. Th ...

Career

Shulepov trained in

Vladimir Oblast Vladimir Oblast (russian: Влади́мирская о́бласть, ''Vladimirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its closest border 66 km east of central Moscow, the administrative center is the city of Vladimir, wh ...

until 2013 when he moved to

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, becoming a student of Evgeni Rukavicin. He ranked seventh at the 2015 Russian Championships.

2015–2016 season

In the 2015–16 season, Shulepov placed 5th at the

2015 CS Ice Challenge The 2015 Ice Challenge was a senior international figure skating competition held in late October 2015 at the Liebenauer Eishalle in Graz, Austria. It was part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of me ...

. Later in the season he won his first

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. ...

medal when he was a silver medalist at the

. He was in the lead after the short program but eventually lost the gold medal to

Alexander Samarin Alexander Vladimirovich Samarin (russian: Александр Владимирович Самарин; born 15 June 1998) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2019 European silver medalist, the 2019 Internationaux de France silver medalist, the ...

by 1.75 points. He finished 11th at the 2016 Russian Championships.

2016–2017 season

In October Shulepov won the silver medal at the

. In November he won another silver medal, now at the

. In December he placed eighth at the

2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was the 49th edition of the annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. It was held at the Dom sportova in December 2016 as part of the 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series. ...

. He finished ninth at the 2017 Russian Championships.

2017–2018 season

In October Shulepov placed ninth at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. In December he finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.

2018–2019 season

In late November Shulepov competed at the

2018 CS Tallinn Trophy The 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy was held from November 26–December 2, 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia. It is part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating Pair sk ...

where he won the bronze medal with a personal best score of 230.30 points. One week later he finished seventh at the

2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2018 as part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The International Skati ...

. At the 2019 Russian Championships, he finished tenth.

2019–2020 season

Shulepov placed eleventh out of eleven skaters at the

2019 Internationaux de France The 2019 Internationaux de France was the third event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble, France from November 1–3. Med ...

. His choice of costume, half Holocaust victim and half Nazi guard, raised some eyebrows.

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series''

Detailed results

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''

Personal life

In April 2019, Shulepov married figure skater

Alena Leonova Alena Igorevna Leonova (russian: Алёна Игоревна Леонова; born 23 November 1990) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2012 World silver medalist, the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2009 World Junior ch ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shulepov, Anton 1996 births Russian male single skaters Living people People from Vladimir, Russia Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Vladimir Oblast