Natalia Andreyevna Soboleva (Russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна Со́болева; born 11 December 1995) is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in alpine snowboarding.[1] She is the sister of Olympic snowboarder and 2015 World Champion Andrey Sobolev.

Natalia Soboleva
Soboleva in 2019
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 28)
Tashtagol, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportSnowboarding
EventParallel giant slalom
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Women's Snowboarding
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Utah Parallel GS
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Parallel slalom
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Parallel GS

Career

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Soboleva competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She was disqualified in the qualifying run of the parallel giant slalom. In the parallel slalom, she qualified 15th, then lost to Ester Ledecka in the 1/8 finals, ending up 15th overall.[2][3]

As of September 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 7th, in the 2013 parallel slalom.[1]

Soboleva made her World Cup debut in March 2011. As of September 2014, her best finish is 4th, in a pair of events at Bad Gastein. Her best overall finish is 12th, in 2013–14.[1]

World Cup podiums

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Individual podiums

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  • 0 wins – (0 PS, 0 PGS)
  • 3 podiums – (1 PS, 2 PGS)
Season Date Location Discipline Place[1]
2017–18 16 December 2017   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italia Parallel Slalom 3rd
2018–19 26 January 2019   Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 2nd
2019–20 18 January 2020   Rogla, Slovenia Parallel GS 3rd

Team podiums

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  • 1 podium – (1 PSLM )
Season Date Location Discipline Place Teammate(s)
2018–19 27 January 2019   Moscow, Russia Parallel Slalom Team 2nd Andrey Sobolev

References

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  1. ^ a b c d FIS Profile
  2. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
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