Natalia Vorobieva

Natalia Vorobieva
Наталья Воробьёва
Personal information
Full nameNatalia Vitalievna Vorobieva
NationalityRussia Russian
Born (1991-05-27) 27 May 1991
Tulun, Irkutsk oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWrestling
Weight class
69–72 kg (152–159 lb)
Event
Freestyle
ClubFight Spirit Team
Coached byKamil Djiganchin, Dmitry Gerceglo
Medal record
Women's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 London72 kg
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro69 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Las Vegas69 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Nur-Sultan72 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Budapest72 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tashkent69 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Baku69 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Tbilisi72 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Vantaa69 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Rome72 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Warsaw76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2012 Belgrade72 kg
Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarigin
Gold medal – first place2015 Krasnoyarsk69 kg
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Wuhan76 kg
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 Ankara72kg
Gold medal – first place2010 Hungary72kg

Natalia Vitalyevna Vorobieva (Russian: Наталья Витальевна Воробьёва; born 27 May 1991)[1] is a Russian retired wrestler, who has won the Olympic, World and European titles.

Career

Vorobieva took up wrestling in her youth, despite some misgivings from her parents.[2] After winning a number of titles at youth level,[3][4][5][6][7][8] Vorobieva proceeded to succeed at senior level in the women's -72 kg freestyle division, beginning with a bronze medal at the 2012 European Championship.[9] Vorobieva won an unexpected gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she beat five-time World Champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to win the gold medal.[2][10] She was the first Russian to win the -72 kg freestyle title.[11]

In the following, 2013, season, Vorobieva won silver in the women's -72 kg freestyle event at the World Championship, losing in the final to Zhang Fengliu.[12] Vorobieva won the European title, defeating Maider Unda in the final.[13]

Vorobieva dropped into the -69 kg division when the weight categories were changed at the start of the 2014 season.[14] Her first season in her new weight class brought a bronze at the World Championship, and victory at the European Championships (defeating Ilana Kratysh in the final).[15][16]

In the final of the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015, Vorobieva defeated Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa of Mongolia.[17] That year, she also won the World title in the women's -69 kg freestyle division, beating Zhou Feng in the final, and won a bronze medal at the European Games.[18][19]

At the 2016 Olympic Games, she competed in the -69 kg division, winning a silver medal after losing to Sara Dosho in the final.[20]

Vorobieva moved back up to the -72 kg division. 2019 was a very successful year for Vorobieva. She won the -72 kg freestyle World title, beating Alina Stadnik Makhinia in the final, and the -76 kg title at the 2019 World Military Games, beating Wang Juan of China in the final.[21][22]

In 2020, Vorobieva won the -72 kg freestyle European title, beating Maria Selmeier in the final.[23] In March 2021, she qualified at the European Qualification Tournament to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[24][25] In June 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Poland Open held in Warsaw, Poland.[26][27]

Vorobyeva has also trained with UFC and M-1 Global MMA fighters, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev, Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, Abubakar Nurmagomedov, Mikhail Malyutin and Ali Bagov.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Medal Count - Olympic Results & Medalists - IOC". London 2012 Olympics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. 1 2 "Olympics wrestling: Natalia Vorobieva stuns Stanka Hristova to win gold". Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "2009 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "2009 World Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "2010 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "2010 Junior World Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "2011 Junior World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "2011 European Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "2012 European Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Hat-trick for Yoshida". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Natalia Vorobieva makes history winning Russia's first Olympic wrestling gold". TASS. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "2013 World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "2013 European Wrestling Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  14. ↑ Abbott, Gary (3 August 2016). "OLYMPIC GAMES PREVIEW IN WOMEN'S WRESTLING AT 69 KG/152 LBS". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "2014 World Championship - Women's -69 kg freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "2014 European Championships - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "2105 World Title - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "2015 European Games - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "2016 Olympic Games - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  21. ↑ "2019 World Championship Women's -72 kg title at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  22. ↑ "2019 Military World Games, Women's -76 kg Division at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  23. ↑ "2020 European Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  24. ↑ Shefferd, Neil (19 March 2021). "Twelve more wrestlers secure Tokyo 2020 places as women's action takes centre stage at European Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  25. ↑ "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  26. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  27. ↑ "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  28. ↑ "Olympics champ with MMA fighter". mmasports.ru. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
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