Evgeny Ustyugov

Evgeny Ustyugov is a Russian former biathlete, born in Krasnoyarsk on 4 June 1985 to a family of cross-country skiers. He was introduced to biathlon at the age of three, competed in junior tournaments from 2005 and moved up to the European Championships in 2008. He won the men's 15 km mass start at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and a relay gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with Anton Shipulin, Alexey Volkov and Dmitry Malyshko, and retired after the 2013-14 World Cup. His record was later cut back by doping rulings: in 2020 his 2013-14 results were disqualified and his Vancouver medal was to be revoked, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his appeal in November 2024, the Swiss Federal Tribunal rejected his appeals in May 2025, and the International Olympic Committee then reallocated his medals.