{{short description|Russian sport shooter}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mikhail Burchalin | image = Mikhbur.jpg | fullname = Mikhail Aleksandrovich Burchalin | nationality = Russian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tambov, Russia | height = {{height|m=1.86}} | weight_kg = 81 | country = {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia | sport = Sports shooting | event = 50 meter rifle three positions,<br />50 meter rifle prone,<br />10 meter air rifle | team = Russia National Shooting Team | coach = Anatoly Molchanov | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's shooting }} {{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | 2015 Summer Universiade}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Gwangju | 50 m rifle TP }} }}
'''Mikhail Aleksandrovich Burchalin''' ({{langx|ru|{{ill|Михаил Александрович Бурчалин|ru|Бурчалин, Михаил Александрович|vertical-align=sup}}}}; born June 25, 1993) is a Russian sport shooter. He represented Russia at the 2015 Summer Universiade, most notably winning a bronze at the Men's 50 metre rifle three positions.<ref>Russia at the 2015 Summer Universiade</ref>
==Biography and career== Mikhail studied at the Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin ({{langx|ru|{{ill|Тамбовский государственный университет имени Г. Р. Державина|ru|Тамбовский государственный университет|vertical-align=sup}}}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tsutmb.ru/news/student_tgu_%E2%80%93_bronzovyij_prizer_universiadyi/?ysclid=lnc29eh02j60832366|title=Student of TSU - bronze medalist of the World Summer Universiade 2015}}</ref> He has been training for the shooting club of DOSAAF<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.onlinetambov.ru/news/sport/tambovchanin-oformil-zolotoy-dubl-na-chempionate-rossii-po-pulevoy-strelbe/?ysclid=lnc2n8rr49244902798|title=A graduate of the DOSAAF shooting sports club made a Golden double at the Russian Championship in shooting}}</ref> since 2004. Mikhail trains under the guidance of Master of Sports USSR Molchanov A.A.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vestitambov.ru/new/tambovskij-strelok-nabiraet-punkty-rejtinga-pered-natsionalnym-chempionatom-v-krasnodare/?ysclid=lnc2y163ov387835625|title=Mikhail Burchalin trains under the guidance of Master of Sports USSR Molchanov A.A.}}</ref>
Mikhail repeatedly became the winner and prize-winner of the Russian Championships and competitions of Russian national level, after which in 2011 he joined the Russian national team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shooting-russia.ru/upload/iblock/4e2/4e2a086a33840aeb6868e71fb1680a19.pdf|title=List of the Russian national shooting team}}</ref>
In 2013 he won his first international medal, a gold medal at the World DOSAAF Championship in Dushanbe (team standings). The same year, he was a candidate to participate in the World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.onlinetambov.ru/news/sport/u-tambovskogo-strelka-est-shans-popast-na-universiadu-v-kazan/?ysclid=lnc3bhtcfl96845205|title=Mikhail has a chance to get to the World Universiade in Kazan}}</ref> But because of a problem with the weapon Mikhail unsuccessfully made in crucial qualifying start, thus placed the fifth on the qualifying list (only three people can be in command).
Two years later he passed selection at the World Summer Universiade 2015 (Gwangju, South Korea) and won a bronze medal in shooting small-bore rifle from a distance of 50 meters from three positions.<ref>Russia at the 2015 Summer Universiade</ref>
== Outside of sports ==
In 2015, he graduated from Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin with a degree in information technology and in the same year entered the same university for a master's degree in high-performance sports.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tambov-sport.68edu.ru/index.php?option=com_boss&task=show_content&catid=40&contentid=575&directory=1&ysclid=lnc3oqbnxu253254597|title=Information about Mikhail on the website of the sports school}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burchalin, Mikhail}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Russian male sport shooters Category:Summer World University Games medalists in shooting Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Category:Sportspeople from Tambov Category:21st-century Russian sportsmen