Dmitrii Shamaev

Shamaev in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Russian, Romanian
Born	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29) Izhevsk, Russia
Sport
Country	Romania
Sport	Biathlon
Medal record Men's biathlon Representing  Romania European Championships 2024 Osrblie 12.5 km pursuit Representing  Russia World Junior Championships 2016 Cheile Grădiştei 4 × 7.5 km relay World Youth Championships 2014 Presque Isle 3 × 7.5 km relay 2014 Presque Isle 7.5 km sprint 2014 Presque Isle 10 km pursuit

Dmitrii Shamaev (born 30 June 1995) is a Russian-born Romanian biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2021.^[1]

Dmitrii Shamaev started his international career at the 2014 World Youth Championships in Presque Isle, and immediately won his first individual medals in sprint and pursuit, behind Sean Doherty and Marco Groß. He was also victorious with the youth relay team of Yaroslav Kostyukov and Viktor Plitsev. The following year, the Russian competed in the junior events at the 2015 European Championships and again won gold in the mixed relay, narrowly missing out on a medal in the individual event. In the newly created IBU Junior Cup, Shamayev finished in the top 10 twice in 2015/16, while his third relay gold came at the 2016 Junior World Championships with Viktor Plitsev, Nikita Porshnev and Kirill Streltsov. He last competed for his native country at the Summer Biathlon World Championships in the same year. In the summer of 2021, Shamayev and his teammate Natalia Ushkina were granted Romanian citizenship and have been competing for the Romanian Biathlon Federation.^[2] In 2024, Shamaev won a silver medal in the pursuit at the European Championships.^[3]

In 2023, he married Belarusian biathlete Elena Kruchinkina.^[4]

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2023 Oberhof	25th	91st	—	—	8th	—	—
2024 Nové Město	22nd	59th	DNS	—	15th	23rd	20th

• Dmitry Shamaev at IBU