Natalya Konstantinovna Matveyeva (; born 23 May 1986) is a Russian cross-country skier who has been competing since 2004. Matveyeva skis for

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. She has a total of four victories since 2004, including three in the 2006–2007 season. All four of her victories have been in the sprint events.

Career

As of February 2007, Matveyeva leads the women's sprint category in the 2006–2007 Cross country skiing World Cup going into the

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, despite never having won a World Cup event. Her best placing in individual World Cup meets is second-place, which she achieved in the 2006 Changchun and Düsseldorf meets. She competed in the

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, finishing 30th in the individual sprint. She tested positive for recombinant EPO (EPO) at a January 2009 meet in

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and was suspended provisionally from the sport following the receipt of the confirmation of the V analysis from the

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(WADA) accredited laboratory in

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. The case was reviewed and adjudicated by the FIS Doping Panel, chaired by

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judge Partick Smith. Matveyeva's results from the most recent results from the world championships in

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have not been removed from the official results pending the hearing though she finished fourth in the women's individual sprint event. A verdict was rendered on 23 December 2009 by the FIS that effectively banned her from competition until 12 March 2011 for doping. In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the

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, after doping offences at the

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. In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify her from Sochi Olympics at the

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*2 victories – (2 ) *12 podiums – (12 )

Team podiums

* 2 victories – (2 ) * 7 podiums – (7 )

References

External links

Eurosport.com profile
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