Natalya Mikhaylovna Terentyeva (russian: Наталья Михайловна Терентьева, née Nepryaeva, born 6 September 1995) is a Russian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. She participated in the

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as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team and

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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

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, Nepryayeva became the first female Russian skier since

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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

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Yuliya Chepalova Yulia Anatolyevna Chepalova (russian: Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR) is a former Russian cross-country skier. Early and current personal life Daughter of a cros ...

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" after the 2018 Olympics.

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