Nadezhda Nikolayevna Andreeva (nee Patrakeeva ; January 3, 1959 , Kirovsk - August 11, 2014 , Moscow ) - Soviet skier , specialist in slalom and giant slalom . She played for the USSR national alpine skiing team in 1975-1984, a multiple champion of national championships, the owner of two silver medals of the World Cup, and a participant in two winter Olympic games. USSR master of sports of international class . Also known as trainer and sports functionary.
 Nadezhda Andreeva | ||
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| Full name | Nadezhda Nikolaevna Andreeva | |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |
| Date of Birth | January 3, 1959 | |
| Place of Birth | Kirovsk , USSR | |
| Height | 169 cm | |
| The weight | 65 kg | |
| Date of death | August 11, 2014 (55 years old) | |
| A place of death | Moscow , Russia | |
| Career | ||
| Discipline | Giant slalom | |
| Club | DSO "Trud" Moscow | |
| In the national team | 1975-1984 | |
| Last updated: February 15, 2018 | ||
Biography
Nadezhda Patrakeyeva was born on January 3, 1959 in the city of Kirovsk, Murmansk Region . She began skiing in early childhood, following the example of her older brother, trained in the section of the labor reserves sports society, and later trained at the local school of Olympic reserves. Subsequently, she moved permanently to Moscow , joining the Trud sports society.
Already during school, she showed quite good results, won all-Union competitions among juniors, won slalom at the international start in Czechoslovakia.
In 1975, at the age of sixteen, she first entered the main team of the Soviet national team, was considered among the main candidates for participation in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , but during one of the training sessions she suffered serious injuries as a result of the fall and was forced to refuse to travel to this Olympics.
Since 1979, she regularly participated in World Cup competitions, including taking fifth place in slalom at the stage in Slovenian Maribor and thanks to this successful performance she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid . In the slalom program, she went third after the first attempt, but the second attempt was less successful, shifting her to sixth position. In the giant slalom, she took the final twelfth place. After the Olympics, she continued to perform at the World Cup and soon rose to the podium for the first time, winning a silver medal in slalom at the stage in American Waterville Valley.
The following season, 1980/81 added another silver award to the track record at the World Cup in Bormio, Italy.
At the 1982 World Championships in Schladming, she became eleventh in the classification of giant slalom. Then for some time she left the big sport in connection with pregnancy and the birth of a child.
Having returned to the leadership of the USSR ski team, Patrakeeva-Andreeva successfully passed the selection for the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo - this time she showed the 14th result in slalom and took 29th place in the giant slalom. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end her sports career, giving way to the young Soviet skiers in the national team. For outstanding sporting achievements she was awarded the honorary title " Master of Sports of the USSR of the international class ."
Having completed her sports career, she took up coaching activities. For many years she worked as a children's skiing trainer, since 2001 she has been the director of the sports school for children and youth at the Olympic reserve in Shukolovo, Moscow Region. She was married to the famous Soviet skier Vladimir Andreev - in marriage they had two children: son Vladimir (1983) and daughter Maria (1993).
She died on August 11, 2014 in Moscow at the age of 55 [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Andreeva-Patrikeeva Nadezhda . Calendar of sport events. Date of appeal February 15, 2018.
- ↑ Nadezhda Nikolaevna Andreeva Died . Russian Ski Association (August 11, 2014). Date of appeal February 15, 2018.
Links
- Nadezhda Andreeva-Patrikeeva - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Nadezhda Andreeva - statistics on the FIS website