Natalia Vorobieva Explained

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Natalia Vorobieva
Наталья Воробьёва
Fullname:Natalia Vitalievna Vorobieva
Nationality: Russian
Birth Date:27 May 1991
Birth Place:Tulun, Irkutsk oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
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Sport:Wrestling
Event:Freestyle
Club:Fight Spirit Team
Coach:Kamil Djiganchin, Dmitry Gerceglo
Show-Medals:yes

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

Career

Vorobieva took up wrestling in her youth, despite some misgivings from her parents. After winning a number of titles at youth level,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 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.[8] 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.[9] [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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medal Count - Olympic Results & Medalists - IOC. london2012.com. dead. https://archive.today/20130104033649/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/vorobieva-natalia-1010504/. 2013-01-04.
  2. Web site: 2009 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  3. Web site: 2009 World Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  4. Web site: 2010 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  5. Web site: 2010 Junior World Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  6. Web site: 2011 Junior World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  7. Web site: 2011 European Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  8. Web site: 2012 European Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  9. Web site: Olympics wrestling: Natalia Vorobieva stuns Stanka Hristova to win gold. August 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130326032117/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18914204. March 26, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  10. Web site: Hat-trick for Yoshida. 2021-02-07. Sky Sports. en.
  11. Web site: Natalia Vorobieva makes history winning Russia's first Olympic wrestling gold. 2021-02-07. TASS.
  12. Web site: 2013 World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  13. Web site: 2013 European Wrestling Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  14. Web site: Abbott. Gary. 3 August 2016. OLYMPIC GAMES PREVIEW IN WOMEN'S WRESTLING AT 69 KG/152 LBS.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805230803/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2016/August/03/Olympic-Games-preview-in-womens-wrestling-at-69-kg. dead. 5 August 2016. 7 February 2021.
  15. Web site: 2014 World Championship - Women's -69 kg freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 2021-02-07. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  16. Web site: 2014 European Championships - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  17. Web site: Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  18. Web site: 2105 World Title - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  19. Web site: 2015 European Games - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  20. Web site: 2016 Olympic Games - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  21. Web site: 2019 World Championship Women's -72 kg title at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  22. Web site: 2019 Military World Games, Women's -76 kg Division at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  23. Web site: 2020 European Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database. 7 February 2021. www.iat.uni-leipzig.de.
  24. News: 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. 20 March 2021.
  25. Web site: 2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324185322/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/final-book.pdf. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. United World Wrestling.
  26. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 10 June 2021. Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open. InsideTheGames.biz. 4 July 2021.
  27. Web site: 2021 Poland Open Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704164819/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/results_06_warsaw.pdf. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021. United World Wrestling.
  28. Web site: Olympics champ with MMA fighter. 6 September 2013.

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