Natalya Mikhaylovna Nepryayeva (russian: Наталья Михайловна Непряева; born 6 September 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier. She participated in the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team and 2022 Winter Olympics as part of the Russian Olympic Committee team, winning a total of four medals, including a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay.

Career

Nepryayeva was first included to the Russian national team in 2015. Her breakthrough came in

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when she won bronze as part of the Russian relay team. In the 2018–19 season, Nepryayeva became the first Russian female skier to finish in the top 3 of the

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. At the

2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. It was the second time Seefeld in Tirol hosted the world championships, the event having been hosted there p ...

, Nepryayeva became the first female Russian skier since 2007 to medal in

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(then known as double pursuit). Overall, she won three medals at the World Championships in 2019 and 2021. Nepryayeva became the first Russian female skier to win the

, doing so during the 2021–22 World Cup season.Natalia Nepryaeva becomes first Russian to win Tour de Ski’s overall standings
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. She became the first Russian female skier to do so since Yuliya Chepalova in the 2000–01 season.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

*4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

World Championships

*3 medals – (1 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 2 titles – (1 Overall, 1 U23)

Season standings

Individual podiums

*6 victories – (2 , 4 ) *25 podiums – (16 , 9 )

Team podiums

* 1 victory – (1 ) * 2 podiums – (1 , 1 )

Honours

She was awarded the

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 ...

after the 2018 Olympics.

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