Natalya Matveyeva


Natalya Konstantinovna Matveyeva 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.

Career

As of February 2007, Matveyeva leads the women's sprint category in the 2006-07 [Cross-Country Skiing World Cup|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 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 accredited laboratory in Quebec. The case was reviewed and adjudicated by the FIS Doping Panel, chaired by Canadian judge Partick Smith. Matveyeva's results from the FIS Nordic [World Ski Championships 2009|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. A verdict was rendered on 23 December 2009 by the FIS that effectively banned her from competition until 12 March 2011 for doping.
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. 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.

Cross-country skiing results

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

World Championships

  • 1 medal –
Year Age 10 km
individual 		15 km
skiathlon 		30 km
mass start 		Sprint 4 × 5 km
relay 		Team
sprint
2007202007 – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle|—]——23—12
2009222009 – Women's 10 kilometre classical|—]——5 kilometre relay|—]
2013262013 – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle|—]——21—7
2015282015 – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle|—]——16—5
2017302017 – Women's 10 kilometre classical|—]——9—Silver
2019322019 – Women's 10 kilometre classical|—]——24——

World Cup

Individual podiums

  • 2 victories –
  • 12 podiums –
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12005–0622 October 2005

Team podiums

  • 2 victories –
  • 7 podiums –
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
12005–0623 October 2005