Nadezhda Sergeeva

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovna and the family name is Sergeeva.
Nadezhda Sergeeva
Sergeeva in 2020
Personal information
Full nameNadezhda Viktorovna Sergeeva
NationalityRussian
Born (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 37)
Kemerovo, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportBobsleigh
Track and field
Event(s)Two-woman bobsleigh
Heptathlon
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sigulda Two-woman
Silver medal – second place 2017 Winterberg Two-woman
Bronze medal – third place 2022 St. Moritz Monobob

Nadezhda Viktorovna Sergeeva (Russian: Надежда Викторовна Сергеева; born (1987-06-13)June 13, 1987) is a Russian bobsledder.[1]

Career

Prior to bobsledding, she competed in track and field, specialising in the heptathlon. She placed tenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, was a bronze medallist at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships, and in her final year of competition she came 21st in the 2010 Hypo-Meeting.[2]

Sergeeva competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She teamed with Nadezhda Paleeva as the Russia-2 sled in the two-woman event, finishing 16th.[3][4]

As of April 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 9th, in the 2013 team competition.[1]

Sergeeva made her World Cup debut in February 2011. As of April 2014, her best World Cup finish is 10th, at Cesena in 2010-11.[1]

In March 2016 it was reported that Sergeeva had failed a drug test, testing positive for meldonium.[5] The test showed less than 1 μg meldonium.[6]

Sergeeva and teammate Anastasia Kocherzhova won the first ever medals for Russia in the women's event at the 2017 FIBT European Championships, which took place with the World Cup tournament in Winterberg at the same time.[7]

In February 2018, during the 2018 Winter Olympics, Sergeeva tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug trimetazidine.[8] That drug is used by people with cardiac insufficiency and by athletes wishing to improve their stamina. Her mother Tatiana works as physician in the Cardiac Center of Kemerovo.[9] Her results were annulled and she was suspended on 24 February 2018.[10]

Sergeeva competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIBT Profile". Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ Nadezhda Sergeeva. World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nadezhda Sergeyeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
  4. ^ "Nadezhda Sergeeva". Sochi2014.com. March 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  5. ^ "Meldonium - viele Sportler unschuldig? sportschau.de 12 April 2016". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Юрист: РУСАДА оправдало бобслеистку Сергееву и велогонщика Якушевского". 22 June 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Российские бобслеистки впервые выиграли медали чемпионата Европы". 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. ^ Suarez Sang, Lucia I. (February 23, 2018). "Another Russian athlete tests positive for doping a day before IOC Russian doping decision". Fox News.
  9. ^ "Допинг. Бобслеистка Сергеева испытывала проблемы с сердцем, ее мать работает в кардиологическом центре". 23 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Russian bobsledder Sergeeva admits anti-doping violation: CAS". 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via Reuters.


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