Natalia
VOROBEVA

AIN

Age

33 y/o | Seniors

Style

Women's wrestling

Poids

76 kg

About Natalia

NATALIA VOROBEVA will lead the Russian WW team at the Tokyo Games, given she is the most successful woman wrestler from the country. The 30-year-old won a gold medal at the London Games after beating five-time World Champion Stanka ZLATEVA of Bulgaria and followed it with a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games. She lost to Sara DOSHO of Japan 2-2 in the final of the 69kg weight class. Born in Tulun, Irkutsk oblast, Russian SFSR just before the Soviet Union disintegration, Vorobeva is a two-time world champion (2015 and 2019) and four-time medalist, having won the silver and bronze in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Returning to wrestling in 2019 after motherhood, the three-time junior champion won the gold in Nursultan but in a non-Olympic weight category of 72kg. She later jumped up to 76kg and qualified her nation with a gold medal at the European event in Budapest. Vorobeva is a student of State University for Aerospace Instrumentation.