Natalia Vorobieva

For the Kazakhstani Olympic sprinter, see Nataliya Vorobyova (sprinter).

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.

Natalia Vorobieva
Наталья Воробьёва

Personal information
Full name	Natalia Vitalievna Vorobieva
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1991-05-27) May 27, 1991 (age 32) Tulun, Irkutsk oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb) 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Freestyle
Club	Fight Spirit Team
Coached by	Kamil Djiganchin, Dmitry Gerceglo
Medal record Women's freestyle wrestling Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2012 London 72 kg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 69 kg World Championships 2015 Las Vegas 69 kg 2019 Nur-Sultan 72 kg 2013 Budapest 72 kg 2014 Tashkent 69 kg European Games 2015 Baku 69 kg European Championships 2013 Tbilisi 72 kg 2014 Vantaa 69 kg 2020 Rome 72 kg 2021 Warsaw 76 kg 2012 Belgrade 72 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarigin 2015 Krasnoyarsk 69 kg Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 76 kg World Junior Championships 2009 Ankara 72kg 2010 Hungary 72kg

Career

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

References

1. "Medal Count - Olympic Results & Medalists - IOC". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013.
2. . Archived from the original on March 26, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
3. "2009 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
4. "2009 World Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
5. "2010 European Junior Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
6. "2010 Junior World Championships - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
7. "2011 Junior World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
8. "2011 European Junior Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
9. "2012 European Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
10. "Hat-trick for Yoshida". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
11. "Natalia Vorobieva makes history winning Russia's first Olympic wrestling gold". TASS. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
12. "2013 World Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
13. "2013 European Wrestling Championship - Women's -72 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
14. Abbott, Gary (3 August 2016). . Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
15. "2014 World Championship - Women's -69 kg freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
16. "2014 European Championships - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
17. "Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
18. "2105 World Title - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
19. "2015 European Games - Women's -69 kg Freestyle at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
20. "2016 Olympic Games - Women's -69 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
21. "2019 World Championship Women's -72 kg title at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
22. "2019 Military World Games, Women's -76 kg Division at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
23. "2020 European Championship - Women's -72 kg at the International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
24. 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. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
25. "2021 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
26. Rowbottom, Mike (10 June 2021). "Stadnik unstoppable on day one of women's wrestling at Poland Open". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
27. "2021 Poland Open Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
28. "Olympics champ with MMA fighter". Retrieved 6 September 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Natalia Vorobieva at the International Wrestling Database 
• Natalia Vorobieva at Olympedia