Azat Karachurin Explained

Azat Karachurin
Fullname:Azat Karachurin
Disciplines:Biathlon
Paralympicteams:1 (2014)
Paralympicmedals:2 (1 gold)

Azat Karachurin is a Russian Paralympic biathlete who won gold medal for the 12.5 km standing event despite missing one target on March 11, 2014, at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia.[1] [2] [3] After the event, he received congratulations from the Russian President Vladimir Putin who said that his hard work earned him a medal.[4] He was also a winner of bronze medal for the 7.5 km biathlon race in the same place.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Azat Karachurin won Russia's 10th gold . NewsKitchen . March 11, 2014 . December 12, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213024756/http://newskitchen.eu/2014/03/11/azat-karachurin-won-russias-10th-gold/ . December 13, 2014 .
  2. News: Azat Karachurin wins gold at Sochi Paralympics men's 12.5 km biathlon event. Russia Beyond the Headlines. March 11, 2014. December 12, 2014.
  3. News: December 12, 2014 . March 12, 2014 . Gold for Russia's Karachurin in Men's 12.5km Standing Biathlon . . . March 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311235236/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/495956.html . live .
  4. News: Congratulations to Azat Karachurin, gold medalist in biathlon at the Winter Paralympics . . March 11, 2014 . December 12, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140724054033/http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/6817 . live . July 24, 2014 .
  5. News: Congratulations to Azat Karachurin, bronze medalist in 7.5km biathlon race at the Paralympic Winter Games . Kremlin.ru . March 8, 2014 . December 12, 2014 . live . July 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140724054019/http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/6798 .