Matveeva Natalya Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. And in the first grade, the child was already engaged in the ski section. Her coach Usyikov said that workouts for Natasha were always in joy. Natashin's father was a police colonel, mother worked in the organs. Natasha, not only in sports, followed the example of her parents, but also chose the same profession, entering the middle-special school of police.

Her dream was work on Petrovka 38, where her father once worked. Natashin's dad, unfortunately, died in a car accident, never seeing the victories of his daughter. The younger brother took the younger skier to her coach Usikov so that he, like her, was engaged in skiing. Although, mom first wrote him for ballroom dancing. The skier of Natalya Matveeva soon at the junior championship of Russia Natalya became a winner in a sprint run.

Thanks to this, she got the opportunity to perform at the stages of the World Cup. Matveeva there received “bronze” for individual races, having received the same reward for team competitions. Competitions were held in Dusseldorf.

The girl remembered them for life. Initially, as Natasha recalls, she did not think about the steps of the pedestal. Her plans were to show the best result in the national team in order to secure a place in the relay team. She did not hope to get into the number of sixteen strongest. But there was a sensation - Natasha became a bronze medalist. The athlete admits that secretly, somewhere deeply she dreamed of silver, but it was only a dream.

The skier did not count on the victory, but during the race she felt the strength to show excellent results from the first race and surprised the participants in the cup. The beginning of the sports career of the skier of Natalia Matveeva in the women's team, she finally entrenched in the year and began to earn medals with enviable regularity. In Sprint, Natasha was twice a champion of Russia, on the catwalks of the stages of the World Cup rose more than ten times.

The first Olympiad in Natasha’s career was the Olympics in Turin. The performance there brought her a thirtieth place in an individual sprint. Further in her career, two world championships followed. In the year, the athlete was disqualified for the use of doping. The disqualification period is two years. He lasted until March. In the same period of time, Julia Chepalova and Nina Rusina fell under the disqualification.

They, like Matveev, were removed two years from the competition. The personal coach of Natasha, Tatyana Revina, explained that the positive result of the doping test is a consequence of the congenital disease of the kidneys, and the test is designed for healthy athletes. However, her arguments were not taken into account by the anti -doping organization. Matveeva about the wife of Shapovolova and her lining, disqualification did not allow Natalia to become a member of the Olympics in Vancouver.

The ban on participating in the competition did not forbid the athlete to continue training. She was engaged in intensely, hoping that after the end of the disqualification period, she would be able to start performing in full force, dreamed of getting to the Sochi Olympics. As soon as the athlete was disqualified, she immediately lost all the sponsors. I must say that during this period the skier had a hard time.

She literally had to start from the very beginning. Natasha is a high-level ski-skeleton. It can compete even formidable Norwegians. Therefore, it is not surprising that Natalia was part of the women's Olympic team. Such an athlete as Matveeva is able to strengthen the Russian team with her participation. Being one of the most powerful sprinters among women, over the years it has only become more confident in herself.

Even the difficult situations of her life did not force the skier to think about the end of his career. Her ambitions and dreams of victory at the Olympics have not yet been realized. Natalya Matveeva is now recently, the athlete, in addition to sprint training, is engaged in races for long and short distances. She explains this by the fact that the skiers of the highest level perfectly run all the disciplines, due to the lack of a certain specialization.

Recently, Matveeva made two knee operations. Now it has practically recovered, although part of the last season the skier still had to miss. Matveeva and Ivanova, going to the Pre -Olympic World Cup, held in the city of Sochi, managed to win a medal. Since childhood, Natasha has collected sports badges from childhood. There are more than a hundred of them in her collection.

Now her main hobby on rare days of vacation is fishing. According to her, she somehow caught a pike perch, whose weight was 7.5 kg, but the pike is whiter than 5 kg was not yet possible to catch. Most likely, the largest fish at the athlete is still ahead. The skier of Natalya Matveeva is fond of fishing by the husband of Natalia is also connected with sports.

He works with sprinters, so he understands his wife, can always support her, help with advice. After the operations carried out on the knee, the coach and girls from the team support Natalia, instilling confidence in future victories. The athlete herself laughs, saying that she does not happen in her life without adventure and difficulties.