Natalia Soboleva Explained

Natalia Soboleva
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:11 December 1995
Birth Place:Tashtagol, Russia
Height:1.70 m
Weight:54 kg
Country:Russia
Sport:Snowboarding
Event:Parallel giant slalom
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Natalia Andreyevna Soboleva (Russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна Со́болева; born 11 December 1995) is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in alpine snowboarding.[1] She is the sister of Olympic snowboarder and 2015 World Champion Andrey Sobolev.

Career

Soboleva competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She was disqualified in the qualifying run of the parallel giant slalom. In the parallel slalom, she qualified 15th, then lost to Ester Ledecka in the 1/8 finals, ending up 15th overall.[2] [3]

As of September 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 7th, in the 2013 parallel slalom.[1]

Soboleva made her World Cup debut in March 2011. As of September 2014, her best finish is 4th, in a pair of events at Bad Gastein. Her best overall finish is 12th, in 2013–14.[1]

World Cup podiums

Individual podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2017–18align=left 16 December 2017 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italia Parallel Slalom 3rd
2018–19align=left 26 January 2019 Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 2nd
2019–20align=left 18 January 2020 Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 3rd

Team podiums

Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&competitorid=167944 FIS Profile
  2. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/nataliya-soboleva-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
  3. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . 19 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319041310/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-natalia-soboleva . 19 March 2014 .