SOZONOVA Nadezhda

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2013	Moscow, RUS

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2016/2017
6	Women	2020

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2016	Dubai, UAE
6	Women	2019	Glendale, CO, USA

Nadi (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Nadezhda Kudinova, Nadezhda Yarmotskaya

Going to the cinema. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Athlete

Physical Education - Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Krasnodar, RUS

Husband Vladislav Sozonov, son Svyatoslav

Russian

RC CSKA Moscow [Russian Federation] since 2019

Andrey Kuzin [national], RUS

Her husband Vladislav Sozonov has represented the Russian Federation in rugby sevens, and competed at the 2018 World Cup in San Francisco, CA, United States of America. He has also represented the Russian Federation in rugby union [15-a-side], and competed at the 2019 World Cup in Japan. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 08 Jul 2021)

She has represented the Russian Federation in rugby league [13-a-side] and competed at the 2008 World Cup in Australia. She has represented the Russian Federation in rugby union [15-a-side] and won bronze at the 2016 Europe Championship in Madrid, Spain. She also won gold at the 2019 European Beach Rugby Championship in Moscow, Russian Federation. (rugger.info, 29 Nov 2019; cska-rugby.ru, 28 Jul 2019)

In 2018 she tore her Achilles tendon, which took her one year to recover. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

In 2016 she tore posterior cruciate ligament in her knee, which took her eight months to recover. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

She began playing rugby in 2007, at age 16, in Rostov-na-Donu, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

"I used to play handball in Rostov-na-Donu. Our team began to disperse and just at that moment a rugby coach appeared. I was invited to a training session but only in rugby league. I refused for a long time, but then my parents persuaded me. I went and ended up staying. I played for Rostov in rugby [13-a-side], then for the national team, and at the 2008 World Cup even got into the all-star team. In the same year, in the last round of the Russian rugby sevens championship, coach Mikhail Korobov saw me and invited me to play rugby sevens in Krasnodar." (rugger.info, 29 Nov 2019)

To compete at the 2022 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Russian Greco-Roman wrestler Alexander Karelin, Russian middle-distance runner Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Soviet footballer Lev Yashin. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

Her family, and coach Mikhail Korobov. (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

"If you have begun, win it." (Athlete, 05 Jul 2021)

In 2019 she was named in the International Sevens Squad of the Decade by the Scrumqueens.com women's rugby website. (scrumqueens.com, 10 Jan 2019)

In 2017 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 25 Jul 2017)

She was named in the All-Star Team at the 2008 Rugby League [13-a-side] World Cup in Australia. (rugger.info, 29 Nov 2019)