Timofey Lapshin

Timofey Lapshin
Personal information
Full nameTimofey Lapshin
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988
Sport
Professional information
SportBiathlon
World Cup debut9 December 2011
Olympic Games
Teams2 (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams6 (2012, 2015, 2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 (2011/12–)
Individual victories0
All victories2
Individual podiums3
All podiums6
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Junior World Championships
2009 Canmore 4 × 7.5 km relay
Updated on 22 March 2015

Timofey Alekseyevich Lapshin (Russian: Тимофей Алексеевич Лапшин, Korean: 티모페이 알렉세예비치 랍신; born 3 February 1988) is a South Korean (since 2017) and Russian (until 2016) biathlete.

He debuted in the Biathlon World Cup on 9 December 2011 in Hochfilzen, Austria. He has won silver medal at Biathlon Junior World Championships.[1]

Lapshin served a 12 month competition ban in 2021 for an anti-doping rule violation in relation to unintentional use of tuaminoheptane following reanalysis of a 2013 sample.[2]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2018 Pyeongchang 20th 16th 22nd 25th
2022 Beijing 76th 82nd - -

World Championships

0 medals

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay
Representing Russia
2012 Ruhpolding 14th N/a
2015 Kontiolahti 58th 27th 40th
Representing South Korea
2019 Östersund 34th 79th 26th 20th 20th
2020 Rasen-Antholz 58th 17th 50th 27th 27th 16th
2023 Oberhof 66th 26th 38th 21st 25th
2024 Nové Město na Moravě 25th 30th 35th 30th 24th 25th 15th
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

  1. ^ "IBU Profile". IBU. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Biathlete Lapshin banned for a year, free to compete in Beijing". Reuters. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024.