Russian biathleteThis article is about the biathlete Natalia Guseva. For the similarly named actress, see Natalya Murashkevich.

Natalia Vladimirovna Guseva née Sorokina (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Гу́сева; born 12 September 1982 in Tikhvin, Russian SFSR) is a Russian female biathlete who lives in Saint Petersburg. Besides her biathlon career, she is a professional soldier, and as such represents the Russian Army sports club.

Natalia Guseva; shot in Khanty-Mansyisk

Career highlights

Major championships:

• Guseva has one World Championship medal: the bronze in the Sprint event of the 2007 World Championships in Antholz, Italy. In the same Championships, she got three other top-10 placements: 4th place in the Pursuit, 4th in the M* start, and 7th in the Relay.
• In the 2004 World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, Guseva finished 10th in the Pursuit, and 7th in the M* start.
• In her first Winter Olympics, the 2006 OWG in Torino, she took part in the M* start event, where she finished 24th.

Biathlon World Cup:

• Guseva has one BWC race victory, the Sprint in Antholz in the 2003-04 season.
• She has one second place, in the M* start at the same BWC meet.
• She has two third places: the Individual compe*ion in Hochfilzen in the 2005-06 season, and the Sprint in Antholz in the 2006-07 season, the same Sprint as the World Championship one where she got her bronze medal.

External links

• Old IBU profile at the Wayback Machine (archived March 3, 2016)
• Natalia Guseva at BiathlonWorld.com and BiathlonResults.com from IBU