[5] In his career he won 27 individual and team medals between Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

As a result, he lost his position as a representative to WADA in January 2016, and was barred from serving on the organization's Foundation Board.

[14] Jonathan Taylor, a British lawyer who wrote the report proposing the sanctions, which were approved unanimously by the WADA’s board, said of Kolbokov: "I don’t know if he is corrupt or incompetent.

[18] On 15 January 2020, he lost his job, as he was dismissed and replaced as Russian Sports Minister by President Putin.

[19][20][21][22] In March 2020, Kolobkov was appointed as a board member and the deputy chief executive officer for Federal Government Relations by Gazprom Neft.