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Selina Gasparin

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Selina Gasparin, born on 3 April 1984, is a Swiss former biathlete who competed in four Winter Olympics between 2010 and 2022 and retired at the end of the 2021-22 season. She won the silver medal in the individual event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, which made her the first Swiss female biathlete to win an Olympic medal. In the 2013-14 Biathlon World Cup season she won sprint races in Hochfilzen and Annecy, and her best overall World Cup finish is 29th, achieved in 2010-11 and 2011-12. She is the older sister of the biathletes Elisa Gasparin and Aita Gasparin, married the Russian cross-country skier and Olympic medalist Ilia Chernousov in June 2014, and after retiring from competition became head coach for youth at Swiss-Ski.

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1984 1
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1 1
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    born 3 April 1984
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    She won a silver medal in the Individual event at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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