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Natalia Vorobieva

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". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Olympics wrestling: Natalia Vorobieva stuns Stanka Hristova to win gold". Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "2009 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. ^ "2009 World Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ "2010 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "2010 Junior World Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ^ "2011 Junior World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ^ "2011 European Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ "2012 European Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.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". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. ^ "2013 European Wrestling Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.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". 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". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  16. ^ "2014 European Championships - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  18. ^ "2105 World Title - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  19. ^ "2015 European Games - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  20. ^ "2016 Olympic Games - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  21. ^ "2019 World Championship Women's -72 kg title at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  22. ^ "2019 Military World Games, Women's -76 kg Division at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  23. ^ "2020 European Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.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". Retrieved 6 September 2013.[permanent dead link]

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