Maria Iovleva
 Maria Iovleva (right) in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Russia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Paralympic biathlon, Cross-country skiing |
| Coached by | Tatiana Lindt; Irina Gromova |
| Achievements and titles | |
Sitting Biathlon – Silver
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Maria Iovleva (born 18 February 1990) is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.[1]
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 lived in Kochpon Psychoneurological Institute and was friends with parathlete Ivan Golubkov, who she inspired with her wins. She left the institution at 28. 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
[edit]- ↑ Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Province[dead link]
- ↑ Vancouver Sun[dead link]
- ↑ The Moscow Times
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