Natalya Mikhaylovna Terentyeva (, née Nepryaeva, born 6 September 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier. She participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team and 2022 Winter Olympics as part of the Russian Olympic Committee team, winning a total of four medals, including a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay.
Career Nepryayeva was first included to the Russian national team in 2015. Her breakthrough came in 2018 when she won bronze as part of the Russian relay team.
In the 2018–19 season, Nepryayeva became the first Russian female skier to finish in the top 3 of the Tour de Ski.Это фантастика! Российская лыжница вошла в историю «Тур де Ски» At the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Nepryayeva became the first female Russian skier since 2007 to medal in skiathlon (then known as double pursuit).Нас не ждали, а мы пришли. Есть первая женская медаль России на ЧМ по лыжам! Overall, she won three medals at the World Championships in 2019 and 2021.
Nepryayeva became the first Russian female skier to win the Tour de Ski, doing so during the 2021–22 World Cup season.Natalia Nepryaeva becomes first Russian to win Tour de Ski’s overall standings Furthermore, she won the World Cup, despite being excluded from the last two stages due to sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She became the first Russian female skier to do so since Yuliya Chepalova in the 2000–01 season.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2018 22 — 8 24 4 Bronze 9 2022 26 4 Silver 14 GoldBronze
World Championships 3 medals – (1 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 10 km individual 15 km skiathlon 30 km mass start Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2019 23 7 Bronze — 9 Bronze 4 2021 25 12 16 — 22 Silver 4
World Cup Season titles 2 titles – (1 Overall, 1 U23) SeasonDiscipline2018 Under-232022 Overall
Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintU23NordicOpeningTour deSkiSki Tour2020World CupFinalSki TourCanada 2014 18 — — — 2015 19 — — 2016 20 67 60 56 13 46 — 29 2017 21 78 75 58 13 37 — — 2018 22 13 13 14 8 11 2019 23 5 8 12 2020 24 4 4 18 2021 25 6 10 6 10 7 2022 26 8 10
Individual podiums 6 victories – (2 , 4 ) 25 podiums – (16 , 9 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2017–18 4 March 2018 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd2 2018–19 30 December 2018 Toblach, Italy 10 km Individual F Stage World Cup 1st3 2 January 2019 Oberstdorf, Germany 10 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 2nd4 3 January 2019 10 km Pursuit F Stage World Cup 2nd5 5 January 2019 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 2nd6 29 December 2018– 6 January 2019 Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 2nd7 19 January 2019 Otepää, Estonia 1.3 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd8 20 January 2019 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd9 17 February 2019 Cogne, Italy 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd10 10 March 2019 Oslo, Norway 30 km Mass Start C World Cup 2nd11 12 March 2019 Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd12 2019–20 30 November 2019 Rukatunturi, Finland 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 3rd13 29 December 2019 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd14 28 December 2019– 5 January 2020 Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 2nd15 18 January 2020 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd16 19 January 2020 10 km Pursuit C World Cup 2nd17 26 January 2020 Oberstdorf, Germany 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 1st18 8 February 2020 Falun, Sweden 1.4 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd19 2020–21 12 December 2020 Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd20 8 January 2021 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st21 2021–22 29 December 2021 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 10 km Individual C Stage World Cup 3rd22 1 January 2022 Oberstdorf, Germany 1.2 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 1st23 3 January 2022 Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 1st24 28 December 2021– 4 January 2022 Tour de Ski Overall Standings World Cup 1st25 27 February 2022 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 2 podiums – (1 , 1 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 2020–21 20 December 2020 Dresden, Germany 12 × 0.65 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Stupak2 2021–225 December 2021 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Stupak / Sorina / Stepanova
Honours She was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" after the 2018 Olympics.
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