Nadezhda Talanova began biathlon in 1985, she was trained by Mikhail Ovtschinnikow . In 1993 she made her debut in the individual in Ridnaun with an eleventh place in the World Cup . She also achieved her first top ten result in an individual when she was sixth in Pokljuka the following season . At the next World Cup station she reached her first podium place in Ruhpolding as third in the sprint. Her only victory came in the sprint a few weeks later in Canmore . She also achieved her best result in the overall World Cup in the 1993/1994 season with fifth place. Until the end of her career in 1999, she started continuously in the World Cup and often made it into the top ten, but without further victory in an individual race. In the team and with the Russian relay she achieved a total of five World Cup victories, including her most valuable at the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer in the relay race. As a starting runner, together with Natalja Snytina , Luisa Noskowa and Anfissa Reszowa , she relegated the German and French relays to their places - in that memorable race in which Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm had to run a total of six penalty laps while being far ahead, including the Russian Relay to Olympic victory. She achieved respectable results in the singles with 16th place and in the sprint with 19th place. For an individual medal, but not for victory, it was enough with silver at the World Championships in 1993 in Borovets , with the relay in the line-up of Panjutina , Talanowa, Simuschina and Belove , she was third. In Osrblie 1997 in the quartet Melnik , Kuklewa , Talanowa and Romasko , she repeated this success, she won a silver medal in the team, but with Anna Wolkowa instead of Galina Kuklewa. Again silver with the 1999 season (Talanowa, Kuklewa, Romasko, Achatowa ) in their last year as an active showed their persistence. In 1999 she finished her World Cup career in Valcartier with the 26th place in the overall World Cup. Talanowa was also successful in the summer biathlon , in 1998 she was world champion in the sprint, in the pursuit she came in fourth. In the same year she achieved triple success in the individual sprint, pursuit and individual competitions at the European Championships , as well as a second place with the relay. To date (2010) she is the only biathlete who won all three individual titles at the European Championships in the same year. Besides and after the biathlon, Talanowa competed in triathlon competitions and in local mountain bike races. She lives in Smolensk , where she is politically active, for example, she was a candidate for the election of the members of the Duma in Smolensk Oblast .
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
Soviet Union Russia
| 1994: Talanowa , Snytina , Noskowa , Reszowa ( RUS )
| 2002: Apel , Disl , Henkel , Wilhelm ( GER )
| 2018: Skardsina , Kryuko , Alimbekawa , Domratschawa ( BLR )