Tatyana IVANOVA

ROC

Luge

Date of Birth: 16 Feb 1991

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CHUSOVOY

Birth Country:

USSR

Residence: CHUSOVOY

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Luge	Women's Singles	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group A Run 1	Finished
After Run 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group A Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group A Run 3	Finished
After Run 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Group A Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Training Run 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Singles Run 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Team Relay Competition	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Team Relay	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:46.679
4	Singles	2010	Vancouver, CAN	00:02:47.181
7	Singles	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:03:22.006

Nickname:

Tanya

Hobbies:

Beadwork embroidery, reading, music, cooking.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Tchaikovsky State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (RUS)

Family:

Father, Ivan. Mother, Tatyana. One brother.

Languages spoken:

Russian, German

Club name:

Central Army Sports Club [CSKA]

Coach:

National: Sergey Chudinov (RUS), Artyom Petrakov (RUS), Victor Ivanovich (RUS)
Personal: Ivan Ivanov (RUS), Alexander Ivanovich Vasin (RUS)

Sporting relatives:

Father Ivan Ivanov (Luge): National level luger within the Soviet Union. Began coaching in 1978, receiving the title of "Honoured Trainer of the RSFSR" in 1985 after training Vasily Karpov and Sergei Nagovitsyn to world junior titles. Became a coach with the Russian national team in 2012 and a senior coach in 2013, before resigning shortly after.

Mother Tatyana (Luge): Competed at a professional level.

Debut:

2008 World Cup in Innsbruck (Singles - 21st)

National team:

2008

Start:

Competed in Alpine skiing from age five until 12. When it became apparent that she would not become an elite skier, her father insisted she take up luge. "When my father realised that I could only reach a certain level, and I had no prospects, he slammed his fist on the table and said, 'Everything is just luge now.'" (rsport.ria.ru, 14 Feb 2014)

Reason:

Enjoys the speed and facing her fears. (rsport.ria.ru, 14 Feb 2014)

Hero:

Luger Armin Zoeggeler (ITA), two-time Olympic gold medallist (six medals in total), and six-time World champion. (rusluge.ru, 2021)

Philosophy:

"There are never too many friends." (Facebook, 12 Aug 2021)

Award:

Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (2014)
Best Athlete (2012)
Honoured Master of Sport in Russia (2012)

General Interest

DOPING SCANDAL
In December 2017, Ivanova was banned for life from the Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committee after doping offences at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, where she was part of the silver-medal winning relay team. Her results for those Games were annulled.

In February 2018, she successfully appealed the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and her team's silver was reinstated. However, the CAS upheld the decision that any Russian athlete implicated in the Sochi doping scandal was ineligible for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (usatoday.com, 1 Feb 2018; npr.com, 8 Feb 2018)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games bronze medallist in singles.

Two-time Olympian. Became the second-youngest female Russian/Soviet luge athlete to compete at Vancouver 2010 and was the youngest female in the luge competition (18 years 364 days).

Only female to win an Olympic luge medal for the Russian Federation, after team relay silver at Sochi 2014, and was the first since Vera Zozula and Ingrida Amantova won the Soviet Union's only two women's medals (gold and bronze) at Lake Placid in 1980.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Most championship medals of any Russian athlete with eight. Won her only world title in 2019, defeating Germany for the first time in the team relay, after losing by 0.08 seconds in 2012 and 2015, and finishing third behind them in 2017.

Won three individual silver medals including a 0.008 second loss to teammate Ekaterina Katnikova in the 2020 sprint in Sochi. Won bronze in 2016, finishing 0.001 seconds ahead of Tatjana Huefner (GER), after beating her to silver in 2015 by 0.005 seconds. Lost to Huefner in 2012 for her first championship medal.

WORLD CUP
Finished a career-high second overall twice, including losing to Julia Taubitz (GER) by eight points in 2019/20, after four wins and nine podiums. Also, finished second behind Taubitz in the sprint rankings.

First World Cup podium was in February 2011, losing to Tatjana Huefner (GER) by 0.013 seconds in Sigulda, during the last race of the season. Had her first win in the last race of the following season, this time defeating Huefner in Paramonovo.

One of only two non-Germans to win a race during the 2020/21 season, claiming victory in Altenberg and Sigulda.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Most successful athlete (male or female) at the European Championships with eight wins and 15 total medals, one more than Hans Rinn (GDR).

Became the first Soviet/Russian since Vera Zozula in 1976 to win the women's singles and the first non-German since Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) in 1994.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/tatjanai1
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ivanovaluge/
https://www.instagram.com/ivanovaluge/
https://twitter.com/lugetanja
VK Profile: https://vk.com/id6302682

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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