Vasili Shaptsiaboi

Sport, music, cinema. (Athlete, 02 Mar 2022)

Winning a gold medal in cycling [BVI tandem road race/time trial] at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (Athlete, 02 Mar 2022)

Coach Mikhail Lebedzev. (Athlete, 02 Mar 2022)

French biathlete Martin Fourcade. (Athlete, 02 Mar 2022)

He caught a cold two days before the first race at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, which affected his performance at the competition. (sport.tut.by, 27 Mar 2018)

In 2014 and 2017 he was named among the 10 Best Athletes of the Year in the Mogilev region of Belarus by the Department of Sports and Tourism of the Mogilev Regional Executive Committee. (fst.by, 28 Dec 2020)

He was flag bearer for Belarus at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi. (paralympic.org, 16 Mar 2014)

He has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Belarus. (sportfpb.by, 17 Dec 2020)

He won a bronze medal in athletics [T13 4x400m relay] at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, and a gold medal in road cycling [BVI tandem road race/time trial] at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. He has also claimed three medals in cross-country skiing [one silver, two bronze] and three medals in biathlon [three bronze] across five appearances at the Paralympic Winter Games between 2002 and 2018. He was classified in Para Nordic skiing in the B2 category for the 2021/22 season. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Dec 2021; IPC, 16 Dec 2021)

He was born with a vision impairment. (Athlete, 09 Mar 2014)