Tatiana Gennadjewna Rwacheva

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Tatiana Gennadjewna Rwacheva ( Russian Татья́на Генна́дьевна Рвачева ; born November 26, 1986 in Lytkarino as Tatiana Gennadjewna Koslowa ) is a Russian orienteer ski runner .

As a five-time junior world champion, Rwacheva made her debut in the 2007 World Championships for active athletes and achieved positions five and six in long and middle distance races and a third place in the sprint. In 2008 she became vice European sprint champion. At the European Championships in 2011 she won the bronze medals in the middle and long distance. At the World Championships in Sweden at the end of March, she was runner-up in the long distance behind the Swede Helene Söderlund . In the season with Aljona Trapeznikowa and Polina Maltschikowa she won her first world title. With the Russian relay, she also won the following EM relay races in 2012 and 2013 and again in 2013 at the World Championships. At the 2013 European Championships, she won her first individual titles with gold in the sprint and long distance. The world championships in the same year she left with the gold medal with the relay and two silver medals, which she won behind her compatriot Anastasija Kravchenko and the Finn Mervi Pesu over the medium and long distance. In addition, she was third in the sprint behind the Swede Tove Alexandersson and Pesu.

As a junior she also started successfully in orienteering on foot and won the junior world title in Lithuania with the Russian relay in 2006. She finished fifth over the long distance. On September 28, 2013, she married Nikita Rwacheva and took her husband's surname.

Placements

World Championships: (2 × gold, 3 × silver, 2 × bronze)

  • 2007 : 3rd place sprint, 6th place medium, 5th place long
  • 2009 : 4th place sprint, 15th place long
  • 2011 : 4th place sprint, 11th place medium, 2nd place long, 1st place relay
  • 2013 : 3rd place sprint, 2nd place medium, 2nd place long, 1st place relay

European Championships: (4 × gold, 1 × silver, 3 × bronze)

  • 2008 : 2nd place sprint, 8th place medium, 10th place long
  • 2011 : 6th place sprint, 3rd place medium, 3rd place long
  • 2012 : 4th place sprint, medium dsq., 3rd place long, 1st place relay
  • 2013 : 1st place sprint, 6th place medium, 1st place long, 1st place relay

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personal data
SURNAME Rwacheva, Tatiana Gennadjewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koslowa, Tatjana Gennadjewna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ski orienteer
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Lytkarino , Soviet Union