Natalya Matveyeva

Natalya Konstantinovna Matveyeva (Russian: Ната́лья Константи́новна Матве́ева; born 23 May 1986) is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. Matveyeva skis for Dynamo Moscow. She has a total of four victories since 2004, including three in the 2006–2007 season. All four of her victories have been in the sprint events.

Natalya Matveyeva
Country	Russia
Born	23 May 1986 Moscow, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	2006–2009, 2012–
Individual wins	2
Team wins	2
Indiv. podiums	12
Team podiums	7
Indiv. starts	121
Team starts	22
Overall titles	0 – (17th in 2007)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Russia World Championships 2017 Lahti Team sprint Junior World Championships 2006 Kranj Individual sprint
Updated on 27 March 2019.

Career

As of February 2007, Matveyeva leads the women's sprint category in the 2006–2007 Cross country skiing World Cup going into the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan, despite never having won a World Cup event. Her best placing in individual World Cup meets is second-place, which she achieved in the 2006 Changchun and Düsseldorf meets. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 30th in the individual sprint.

She tested positive for recombinant EPO (EPO) at a January 2009 meet in Whistler, British Columbia and was suspended provisionally from the sport following the receipt of the confirmation of the V analysis from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in Quebec.[1] The case was reviewed and adjudicated by the FIS Doping Panel, chaired by Canadian judge Partick Smith.[2] Matveyeva's results from the most recent results from the world championships in Liberec have not been removed from the official results pending the hearing though she finished fourth in the women's individual sprint event.[3] A verdict was rendered on 23 December 2009 by the FIS that effectively banned her from competition until 12 March 2011 for doping.[4]

In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5] In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify her from Sochi Olympics at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[6]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[7]

Olympic Games

Year	Age	10 km  individual	15 km   skiathlon	30 km  mass start	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
2006	19	—	—	—	20	—	—
2014	27	—	—	—	30	—	—

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 silver)

Year	Age	10 km  individual	15 km   skiathlon	30 km  mass start	Sprint	4 × 5 km   relay	Team   sprint
2007	20	—	—	—	23	—	12
2009	22	—	—	—	DSQ	—	DSQ
2013	26	—	—	—	21	—	7
2015	28	—	—	—	16	—	5
2017	30	—	—	—	9	—	Silver
2019	32	—	—	—	24	—	—

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings			Ski Tour standings
		Overall	Distance	Sprint	Nordic Opening	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final	Ski Tour Canada
2006	19	29	—	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007	20	17	47		N/A	—	N/A	N/A
2008	21	21	NC	4	N/A	—	N/A	N/A
2009	22	41	NC	19	N/A	—	—	N/A
2010	23	Suspended: not allowed to compete
2011	24
2012	25	20	58	5	DNF	DNF	—	N/A
2013	26	64	—	36	—	—	—	N/A
2014	27	59	NC	30	DNF	—	—	N/A
2015	28	32	NC	9	—	—	N/A	N/A
2016	29	34	66	15	40	DNF	N/A	DNF
2017	30	30	—	7	—	—	—	N/A
2018	31	59	NC	29	46	—	47	N/A
2019	32	46	NC	21	44	—	—	N/A

Individual podiums

• 2 victories – (2 WC)
• 12 podiums – (12 WC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2005–06	22 October 2005	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
2	2006–07	28 October 2006	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
3		15 February 2007	Changchun, China	1.1 km Sprint C	World Cup	2nd
4	2007–08	27 October 2007	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st
5		1 March 2008	Lahti, Finland	1.2 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
6	2008–09	20 December 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.8 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
7	2011–12	3 December 2011	Düsseldorf, Germany	0.9 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
8		11 December 2011	Davos, Switzerland	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
9		21 January 2012	Otepää, Estonia	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
10	2014–15	24 January 2015	Rybinsk, Russia	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
11	2015–16	3 February 2016	Drammen, Norway	1.2 km Sprint C	World Cup	3rd
12	2016–17	14 January 2017	Toblach, Italy	1.3 km Sprint F	World Cup	1st

Team podiums

• 2 victories – (2 TS)
• 7 podiums – (7 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate
1	2005–06	23 October 2005	Düsseldorf, Germany	6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Sidko
2	2007–08	28 October 2007	Düsseldorf, Germany	6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Korostelyova
3		17 February 2008	Liberec, Czech Republic	4 × 1.4 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	3rd	Shapovalova
4	2008–09	21 December 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Korostelyova
5	2011–12	4 December 2011	Düsseldorf, Germany	6 × 0.9 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Korostelyova
6	2012–13	3 February 2013	Sochi, Russia	6 × 1.25 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	2nd	Ivanova
7	2016–17	15 January 2017	Toblach, Italy	6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Belorukova

References

1. Matveyeva Suspended for Doping SI.com, March 22, 2009
2. FIS NewsFlash 226. 8 April 2009.
3. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 women's individual sprint results. Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine – accessed 25 December 2009.
4. "FIS Doping Panel delivers two decisions". FIS 23 December 2009 article accessed 25 December 2009.
5. "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
6. "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD" (PDF). THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
7. "MATVEEVA Natalia". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.

External links

• Eurosport.com profile
• Natalia Mateeva at the International Ski Federation