Azat Karachurin
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| Full name | Azat Karachurin | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 (2014) | |||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||
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Azat Karachurin is a Russian Paralympic biathlete who won gold medal for the 12.5 km standing event despite missing one target on March 11, 2014 at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.[1][2][3] After the event, he received congratulations from the Russian President Vladimir Putin who said that his hard work earned him a medal.[4] He was also a winner of bronze medal for the 7.5 km biathlon race in the same place.[5]
References
- ↑ "Azat Karachurin won Russia's 10th gold". NewsKitchen. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Azat Karachurin wins gold at Sochi Paralympics men's 12.5 km biathlon event". Russia Beyond the Headlines. March 11, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Gold for Russia's Karachurin in Men's 12.5km Standing Biathlon". The Moscow Times. RIA Novosti. March 12, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Azat Karachurin, gold medalist in biathlon at the Winter Paralympics". Kremlin.ru. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Azat Karachurin, bronze medalist in 7.5km biathlon race at the Paralympic Winter Games". Kremlin.ru. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
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