Vasily Shaptsiaboi () is a Belarusian Paralympic biathlete, cross-country skier, and road bicycle racer who won many medals at both Winter and Summer Paralympic Games.

Career

He began his Paralympic career in Sydney, Australia in 2000 where he won bronze medal in Men's T13 Track Athletics Relay. In 2004 he participated at the Athens Paralympic Games at which he won gold medals in both Men's Tandem Road Race and Time Trial for Visually Impaired. His first Winter Paralympics appearance was at the Vancouver Paralympic Games where he won two bronze medals in 3 km Biathlon and Cross-Country 20 km Freestyle. In 2011 he participated at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup which was hosted in Sjusjoe, Norway. He also took participation in various cycling events at the London Paralympic Games. On March 8, 2014, he won a bronze medal in biathlon which was hosted in Sochi, Russia.

Vasily Shaptsiaboi

References

Living people

1979 births

Paralympic bronze medalists for Belarus

Paralympic gold medalists for Belarus

Belarusian male sprinters

Paralympic athletes for Belarus

Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Belarusian male biathletes

Belarusian male cross-country skiers

Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic medalists in biathlon

Paralympic medalists in cycling

Sportspeople from Mogilev

Vasily Shaptsiaboi