Natalia Guseva Explained
| Native Name: | Наталья Владимировна Гусева (-Сорокина) |
| Full Name: | Nataliya Vladimirovna Guseva (-Sorokina) |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Birth Place: | Tikhvin, Russian SFSR |
| Height: | 165 cm |
| Weight: | 60 kg |
Natalia Vladimirovna Guseva (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Гу́сева; born 12 September 1982 in Tikhvin, Russian SFSR), née Sorokina (Сорокина), is a Russian female biathlete who lives in Saint Petersburg. Besides her biathlon career, she is a professional soldier, and as such represents the Russian Army sports club.
Career highlights
Major championships:
- Guseva has one World Championship medal: the bronze in the Sprint event of the 2007 World Championships in Antholz, Italy. In the same Championships, she got three other top-10 placements: 4th place in the Pursuit, 4th in the Mass start, and 7th in the Relay.
- In the 2004 World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, Guseva finished 10th in the Pursuit, and 7th in the Mass start.
- In her first Winter Olympics, the 2006 OWG in Torino, she took part in the Mass start event, where she finished 24th.[1]
Biathlon World Cup:
- Guseva has one BWC race victory, the Sprint in Antholz in the 2003-04 season.
- She has one second place, in the Mass start at the same BWC meet.
- She has two third places: the Individual competition in Hochfilzen in the 2005-06 season, and the Sprint in Antholz in the 2006-07 season, the same Sprint as the World Championship one where she got her bronze medal.
Notes and References
- Nataliya Guseva . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203070143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/nataliya-guseva-1.html . 3 December 2016 . Full name: Nataliya Vladimirovna Guseva (-Sorokina) / Original name: Наталья Владимировна Гусева (-Сорокина) .
