Nadezhda STEPASHKINA

Kazakhstan

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SHCHUCHINSK

Birth Country:

Kazakhstan

Residence: SHCHUCHINSK

Residence Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	57
	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	58
	Women's Sprint Free	51
	Women's Team Sprint Classic KAZ Kazakhstan	19
	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	49
	Women's 4 x 5km Relay KAZ Kazakhstan	15

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 4 x 5km Relay	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	10 km F Pursuit	10 km C
2021/2022	1 x 65th	1 x 47th	1 x 67th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
47	10 km F Pursuit	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
65	SP C	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
67	10 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Nickname:

Nadya. (Instagram)

Hobbies:

Athletics, boxing, music, and psychology. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Psychology - Omsk State University, KAZ

Family:

Mother, Tatyana Stepashkina (died 2017). Father, Alexander Stepashkin. Brother, Ivan Stepashkin.

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

School of Higher Sports Excellence (ShVSM), Kokshetau, KAZ

Coach:

Personal: Vladimir Bortsov (KAZ)

Sporting relatives:

Father, Alexander Stepashkin (Cycling): Top level cyclist.

Debut:

2021 World Cup in Ruka (10km - 67th)

National team:

2021

Start:

Introduced to skiing by a friend when she was 12. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Reason:

Likes working on herself and seeing improvement. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Ambition:

Top-10 at the Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Memorable:

National championships of Kazakhstan in the free technique sprint. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Hero:

Theresa Johaug (NOR), Olympic gold medallist at Vancouver 2010 and 14-time World Champion. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Influence:

Her coach. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Ritual:

Does not like to talk before a race start. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Philosophy:

The less you work, the less likely will your dreams come true. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

General Interest

She dedicates all her successes and achievements so far and in the future to her mother, a teacher at the Nikolskaya secondary school, who died on 17 June 2017 from cancer. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Milestones

Made her World Cup debut at Ruka, 2021.

Finished top-20 in the relay at the U23 World Championships in Vuokatti (2021).

2020 silver medallist in sprint free at the Kazakhstan National Championships. Two fourth place finishes in 2021 in sprint free and 30km free.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/nadya98

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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