Natalia Vorobieva
Russian wrestler (born 1991)
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Natalia Vitalyevna Vorobieva (Russian: Наталья Витальевна Воробьёва; born 27 May 1991)[1] is a Russian retired wrestler, who has won the Olympic, World and European titles.
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| Full name | Natalia Vitalievna Vorobieva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 69–72 kg (152–159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fight Spirit Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kamil Djiganchin, Dmitry Gerceglo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
