Sergei Tchepikov
# Sergei Tchepikov

Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Че́пиков; born 30 January 1967) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross-country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics, five in biathlon (1988, 1992, 1994, 2002 and 2006) and one in cross-country skiing (1998). His last Olympic performance was a silver medal in the 4 × 7.5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Tchepikov has two World Cup titles (1989/90, 1990/91). He has had 25 podium finishes, six in first place, thirteen in second, and has come third six times. In the Olympics, Tchepikov has two gold, three silver, and one bronze medals. In the World Championships he has won 14 medals, however only two gold medals.

## Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

### Olympic Games

6 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 Calgary | 4th | Bronze | — | — | Gold |
| 1992 Albertville | 10th | 4th | — | — | Silver |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 8th | Gold | — | — | Silver |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 8th | — | — | — | 4th |
| 2006 Turin | 4th | 23rd | DNS | 5th | Silver |

    *Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.

### World Championships

14 medals (2 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze)

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Team | Relay | Mixed relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 Feistritz | 7th | 7th | — | — | Gold | Silver | — |
| 1990 Minsk | Silver | Bronze | — | — | 4th | 5th | — |
| 1991 Lahti | 5th | 15th | — | — | Bronze | Silver | — |
| 1993 Borovets | Bronze | 5th | — | — | Silver | Silver | — |
| 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk | — | 52nd | 32nd | 10th | — | Silver | — |
| 2004 Oberhof | 40th | — | — | 24th | — | — | — |
| 2005 Hochfilzen | 32nd | 4th | Silver | 8th | — | Silver | Silver |
| 2006 Pokljuka | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gold |

    *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

    **Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999 and the mixed relay in 2005.

### Individual victories

7 victories (3 In, 4 Sp)

| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988–89 1 victory (1 In) | 9 March 1989 | Östersund | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| 1989–90 1 victory (1 In) | 25 January 1990 | Ruhpolding | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| 1990–91 3 victories (1 In, 2 Sp) | 13 December 1990 | Albertville | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| 1990–91 3 victories (1 In, 2 Sp) | 15 December 1990 | Albertville | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
| 1990–91 3 victories (1 In, 2 Sp) | 26 January 1991 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
| 2003–04 1 victory (1 Sp) | 24 January 2004 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |

    *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

| Year | Age | 10 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 32 | — | 5 |

### World Championships

| Year | Age | 10 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | 28 | 35 | 19 | — | 13 | 6 |
| 1997 | 30 | 16 | 14 | — | 18 | 4 |

### World Cup

**Season standings**

| Season | Age |
| - | - |
| Season | Age | Overall | Long Distance | Sprint |
| 1995 | 28 | 50 | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 19 | — | — |
| 1997 | 30 | 21 | 22 | 31 |
| 1998 | 31 | 49 | 71 | 40 |

**Team podiums**

* 1 victory
* 3 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1995–96 | 1 March 1996 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Botvinov / Tchernych / Prokurorov |
| 2 | 1997–98 | 7 December 1997 | Santa Caterina, Italy | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Pitchouguine / Legotine / Prokurorov |
| 3 | 1997–98 | 6 March 1998 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Legotine / Prokurorov / Noutrikhin |

## Politics

In 2016, he was elected to the State Duma running as a United Russia candidate.

### Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

