Natalya Sergeevna Voronina (russian: Наталья Сергеевна Воронина; born 21 October 1994) is a Russian
speed skater
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. She is a World Champion and a world record holder in the 5000 m event.
Voronina is the current Russian record holder in the 3000 and 5000 metres.
Career
Voronina finished third in the
3000 meters at the
2015–16 World Cup event in
Calgary on 15 November 2015 in a personal and national record of 3:58.78. At the same event she also finished third in the
team pursuit
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Race format
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. On 20 November, at the
second World Cup event in
Salt Lake City
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, Voronina won silver in the
5000 meters
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, bettering the Russian record to 6:53.16.
She won bronze in team sprint at the
third World Cup event in
Inzell
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(together with
Olga Graf
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Pe ...
,
Elizaveta Kazelina and
Margarita Ryzhova
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). On 11–13 March, at the World Cup Final in
Heerenveen
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, Voronina won gold in the women's 3000 m. Her results rank 2nd in the overall rankings for the 2015–16 World Cup Season in women's 3000 meters behind Czech
Martina Sábliková.
Personal records
She is currently in 17th position in the
adelskalender with a points total of 158.841.
World Cup results
Podiums
Overall rankings
References
External links
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1994 births
Russian female speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Russia
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod
Living people
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic bronze medalists for Olympic Athletes from Russia
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
21st-century Russian women
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