VOROBIEVA Natalia

ROC

Wrestling

Date of Birth: 27 May 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: TULUN

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Place of residence : ST. PETERSBURG

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 76kg	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 76kg 1/8 Final #15 ROC VOROBIEVA NVOROBIEVA Natalia 16 VPO1 EGY HAMZA SAIHAMZA Samar Amer Ibrahim 12	Finished
Followed by	Makuhari Messe Hall A Mat B	Women's Freestyle 76kg 1/4 Final #22 ROC VOROBIEVA NVOROBIEVA Natalia 0 KGZ MEDET KYZY AMEDET KYZY Aiperi 12 VSU	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 72kg	2012	London, GBR
2	Freestyle 69kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 72kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ
1	Freestyle 69kg	2015	Las Vegas, NV, USA
2	Freestyle 72kg	2013	Budapest, HUN
3	Freestyle 69kg	2014	Tashkent, UZB

European Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Freestyle 76kg	2019	Minsk, BLR

European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Freestyle 72kg	2020	Rome, ITA
2	Freestyle 76kg	2021	Warsaw, POL

Ranking Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Freestyle 76kg	2019	Sassari, ITA
3	Freestyle 76kg	2021	Warsaw, POL
3	Freestyle 76kg	2020	Rome, ITA

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Advertising, Economics - St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, Russian Federation

Family:

Son Timur [2018]

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Dynamo [Russian Federation]

Coach:

Dmitry Gercheglo [personal], RUS

Start:

She began wrestling at age 10 in Tulun, Russian Federation. (sovsport.ru, 03 Apr 2012)

Reason:

She tried a number of sports when she was younger. "Even when I started wrestling, I still continued going to different clubs. Apparently, I had too much energy. But in the end I chose wrestling - I realised it was mine." (zem-tulun.ru, 12 Nov 2014)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sovsport.ru, 27 May 2020)

Hero:

Russian freestyle wrestler Buvaisar Saitiev. (WrestRusRu YouTube channel, 25 Dec 2019)

Philosophy:

"Just get pleasure from whatever you do." (WrestRusRu YouTube channel, 25 Dec 2019)

Award:

In 2019 she was named Comeback Wrestler of the Year by United World Wrestling [UWW]. (wrestrus.ru, 23 Dec 2019)

She received the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [first grade] in the Russian Federation in recognition of her performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016)

In 2013 a monument of her was erected near the School of Supreme Sports Skill in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Another sports school was named after her in Tulun, where she was born and began her career. (irk.ru, 07 Nov 2013)

In recognition of the gold medal she won at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she received the Order of Friendship in the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 13 Aug 2012)

She holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 30 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
HIATUS
She took a break from the sport following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and gave birth to her son Timur in 2018. She returned to wrestling in 2019. "The first six months were hard. I had changed somehow and gotten used to home life. Motherhood changes a person and it doesn't matter if you are a wrestler or doing something else, you become soft and you treat your opponents a bit softer." (WrestRusRu YouTube channel, 25 Dec 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has completed a degree in sports studies at Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. (VK profile, 05 Jun 2020; kfis.spb.ru, 13 Dec 2015)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/vorobyeva_69/
VK Profile: http://vk.com/id9912753

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
VPO1:: Victory by points - with point(s) scored by the opponent
VSU:: Victory by technical superiority - without any point scored by the opponent

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