Vitalina Batsarashkina

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| name = Vitalina Batsarashkina

| image = Vitalina Batsarashkina 2021.jpg

| caption = Batsarashkina in 2021

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| fullname = Vitalina Igorevna Batsarashkina

| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|1|df=yes}}[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1428779-batsarashkina-vitalina.htm BATSARASHKINA Vitalina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813163523/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/shooting/athlete-profile-n1428779-batsarashkina-vitalina.htm |date=13 August 2021 }}. olympics.com

| birth_place = Omsk, Russia

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| height = 1.62 m

| weight = 58 kg

| country = Russia

| sport = Shooting

| club = Dynamo

| coach = Natalia Kudrina
Valentin Kudrin

| alma_mater = Siberian State University of Physical Education and Sport

| event = Air pistol

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Vitalina Igorevna Batsarashkina ({{lang-rus|Виталина Игоревна Бацарашкина||vʲɪtɐˈlʲinə bətsɐˈraʂkʲɪnə}}; born 1 October 1996) is a Russian sports shooter. She is a two-times Olympic champion and two-times Olympic silver medalist. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she became the first female shooter to win three medals at the same Olympic Games. At the previous Olympic Games she was placed second in 10 m air pistol. Besides that, she also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2018 World Championships. She is a Merited Master of Sports of Russia.{{cite web|url=http://minsport.gov.ru/documents/awards/29161/ |title=Приказ "О присвоении почетного спортивного звания "Заслуженный мастер спорта России"" |publisher=Minsport.gov.ru |date= |accessdate=15 September 2021}}

Sports career

=Early career=

Batsarashkina had a more masculine upbringing: She did not like dresses, painted walls, was friends with boys, liked going hunting with their grandpas. Her wish was to become a lifesaver for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.{{cite web|url=https://74.ru/text/sport/2021/07/26/70043750/ |title=Поехала в Токио за золотом: близкие — об олимпийской чемпионке Бацарашкиной, ее победе и скорой свадьбе |publisher=74.ru |date=26 July 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021}} She started fishing aged 6 and driving UAZs at 12. Her father was a police officer, one grandfather was a professional hunter, and the other was a career military officer. By the age of 10, she had already learned basics of shooting from them and had her own rifle.[https://sport-analitika.ru/?p=5141 Ирина Бацарашкина: Росла Вита абсолютной «пацанкой», живая, энергичная, на месте не сидела и болтала без умолку.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202246/https://sport-analitika.ru/?p=5141# |date=8 September 2018 }} Irina Batsarashkina: Vita absolutely grew up as a "tomboy", she was lively, vigorous, didn't stay in the same place and talked a lot. sport-analitika.ru. 9 August 2016{{cite web|author=Prosvetov, Aleksandr|date=7 August 2016 |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/rio2016/shooting/reviews/vitalina-bacarashkina-dedushki-ohotniki-papa-milicioner-kak-bylo-ne-stat-strelkom-1030284/ |title=Виталина Бацарашкина: "Дедушки охотники, папа милиционер. Как было не стать стрелком?". ОЛИМПИАДА — Рио-2016 — Стрельба. СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164945/http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/rio2016/shooting/reviews/vitalina-bacarashkina-dedushki-ohotniki-papa-milicioner-kak-bylo-ne-stat-strelkom-1030284/ |archive-date=8 September 2018 |url-status=live|publisher=sport-express.ru }} However, she preferred pistol in her later career. She took up sports shooting at age 12, coached by Natalia Kudrina.{{cite web |url=http://www.championat.com/olympic/article-253298-sbornaja-rossii-vyigrala-serebrjanuju-medal-v-strelbe-na-olimpiade-2016.html |title=Сборная России выиграла серебряную медаль в стрельбе на Олимпиаде 2016 — Чемпионат |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814015901/https://www.championat.com/olympic/article-253298-sbornaja-rossii-vyigrala-serebrjanuju-medal-v-strelbe-na-olimpiade-2016.html |archive-date=14 August 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.omsk.aif.ru/sport/devochka-to_zolotaya_vitalina_bacarashkina_vernulas_s_olimpiady_v_rio |title="Девочка-то золотая!" Виталина Бацарашкина о серебре ОИ и планах на будущее |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164834/http://www.omsk.aif.ru/sport/devochka-to_zolotaya_vitalina_bacarashkina_vernulas_s_olimpiady_v_rio |archive-date=8 September 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/rio2016/shooting/news/natalya-kudrina-bacarashkina-sovershila-podvig-1030295/ |title=Наталья Кудрина: "Бацарашкина совершила подвиг" |date=7 August 2016 |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164953/http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics/rio2016/shooting/news/natalya-kudrina-bacarashkina-sovershila-podvig-1030295/ |archive-date=8 September 2018 |url-status=live }}

=International career=

In international events, Batsarashkina participates in the 10 m and 25 m pistol disciplines. Her first notable international success was at the 2014 European Junior Championships in Moscow, reaching the third place in the 10 m air pistol event and collecting 179.2 points in the final. In the same year and in the same discipline she finished second at the World Junior Championships in Granada, collecting 198.2 points in the final. In 2015, Batsarashkina won gold at the Junior World Cup in Suhl, progressing to 200.2 points in the 10 m pistol final. She also won silver in the 25 m final, winning one point. She got another gold medal at the European Junior Championships in Maribor, now in the 25 m event, collecting seven points. At the 2015 ISSF World Cup in Gabala, she finished second in the 25 m event with one point at the end.[http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHRUSW0110199601 Vitalina Batsarashkina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035351/https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHRUSW0110199601# |date=9 September 2018 }} – Profile at the International Shooting Sport Federation

Batsarashkina participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified to the final with the best result (390), but failed to win gold as Chinese Zhang Mengxue finished with an Olympic record. With that said, Batsarashkina won her first silver medal in the women's 10 metre air pistol event.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/vitalina-batsarashkina |title=Vitalina Batsarashkina |access-date=7 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806040240/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/vitalina-batsarashkina |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }}

She won her first gold medal at the 10 m European Championships in Győr, in the team event. Before that she also won medals at the 10 m European Championships in Maribor, in the mixed team and team event. At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the Russian collected gold, silver and bronze medal in the mixed 10 m air pistol, 25 m pistol and 10 m team air pistol event. In the mixed event she partnered with Artem Chernousov, who was also her partner in the European Championships.{{cite web |url=https://rsport.ria.ru/shooting/20180902/1141108571.html |title=Бацарашкина и Черноусов выиграли золото в стрельбе из пистолета на ЧМ |date=2 September 2018 |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902151725/https://rsport.ria.ru/shooting/20180902/1141108571.html |archive-date=2 September 2018 |url-status=live }}

She then participated at the 2019 European Games, the 2nd edition of that tournament, held in Minsk, Belarus. While finishing fourth in both pistol events (10 m and 25 m), Batsarashkina and Chernousov claimed Russia's first gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntv.ru/novosti/2205930/ |title=Первое золото Европейских игр завоевали российские стрелки |publisher=Ntv.ru |date=22 June 2019 |accessdate=15 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/other/_europeangames2015/tournament/547/players/13406/ |title=Виталина Бацарашкина – Европейские игры-2019 |publisher=Championat.com |date= |accessdate=15 September 2021}} At the 2020 European 10 m Events Championships, she also finished fourth in the individual event. In the team event, she and her teammates finished on the fifth position after qualifying as the second best team. However, she and Chernousov again won a gold medal, once again defeating their previous opponents Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec.{{cite web |url=http://www.esc-shooting.org/u/calendar_result/2020/03/2020_ech_pol_result_book.pdf |title=Result Book |publisher=esc-shooting.org |date=March 2020 |accessdate=15 September 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304075428/http://www.esc-shooting.org/u/calendar_result/2020/03/2020_ech_pol_result_book.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In the 2021 season, the Russian claimed four medals at the 2021 European Shooting Championships, one of which was a gold medal, which they won after defeating the Serbs a third time in their career. In the individual events, 10 m and 25 m, she won silver and bronze respectively. She took another silver medal in the 10 m team event.

Batsarashkina won two gold medals, in the 10 m and 25 m air pistol events, at the 2020 Olympics, both times with an Olympic record,[https://www.espn.com/olympics/shooting/story/_/id/31878581/russia-vitalina-batsarashkina-sets-olympic-record-winning-women-10-meter-air-pistol-gold Russia's Vitalina Batsarashkina sets Olympic record in winning women's 10-meter air pistol gold]. ESPN. 25 July 2021[https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/shooting-kostadinova-sarashkina-renew-pistol-rivalry-25m-final-2021-07-30/ Shooting-Batsarashkina pips Kim in shoot-off for second gold in Tokyo]. Reuters. 30 July 2021 and a silver medal with Chernousov,{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-bulgaria-olympic-team-china-olympic-team-georgia-olympic-team-ef67be915bd4c47d73a0a8fcc7a61497 |title=Batsarashkina backs up silver in Rio with gold in Tokyo |publisher=Apnews.com |date=25 July 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021}} becoming the first shooter to win three medals at the same Olympic Games.[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/vitalina-batsarashkina-wins-gold-in-the-womens-25m-pistol Vitalina Batsarashkina wins gold in the women's 25m pistol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731202119/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/vitalina-batsarashkina-wins-gold-in-the-womens-25m-pistol |date=31 July 2021 }}. olympics.com. 30 July 2021 For her achievements at the 2020 Olympics, she received more than 21 million rubles from the Russian federal and regional budgets.{{cite web|url=https://omsk.mk.ru/sport/2021/07/27/11-millionov-rubley-poluchit-vitalina-bacarashkina-iz-omska-za-pobedy-na-olimpiade.html |title=11 миллионов рублей получит Виталина Бацарашкина из Омска за победы на Олимпиаде |publisher=Omsk.mk.ru |date=27 July 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021}}

Personal life

Batsarashkina is married to Ivan Ilyinykh, a former sports rifler from Orenburg whom she met at the 2014 Nationals. In 2015, after retiring from professional sports, he moved to Omsk. They announced their marriage in 2021 after several delays.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZ2TLQstM4 |title="Как гопник": у двукратной олимпийской чемпионки Бацарашкиной появились хейтеры |publisher=YouTube.com |date=2 August 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021}}