Maria Iovleva
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National team | Russia |
Sport | |
Sport | Paralympic biathlon, Cross-country skiing |
Coached by | ; |
Achievements and titles | |
Paralympic finals |
Sitting Biathlon – Silver
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Dmitry_Medvedev_and_Maria_Iovleva.jpeg/250px-Dmitry_Medvedev_and_Maria_Iovleva.jpeg)
Dmitry Medvedev and Maria Iovleva, 2010
Maria Iovleva (born 18 February 1990) is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Women%27sPursuitSittingBiathlon2010Paralympics.jpg/250px-Women%27sPursuitSittingBiathlon2010Paralympics.jpg)
Women's 2.4km Pursuit Sitting Biathlon flower ceremony at the 2010 Paralympics. Olena Iurkovska of Ukraine (gold), Maria Iovleva of Russia (silver), Lyudmyla Pavlenko of Ukraine (bronze).
She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold[2] and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay.[3] She is deaf and paralyzed. She lives in a home with twelve other disabled women, but she dreams of getting an apartment of her own due to her medal wins.[4]
References[]
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Province
- ^ Vancouver Sun
- ^ The Moscow Times
Categories:
- Paralympic gold medalists for Russia
- Paralympic biathletes of Russia
- Paralympic cross-country skiers of Russia
- Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Deaf skiers
- Russian female biathletes
- Deaf people from Russia
- Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Paralympic medalists in biathlon
- Russian cross-country skiing biography stubs
- Russian Paralympic medalist stubs
- Russian biathlon biography stubs