Tatiana Ivanova

Tatyana Ivanovna Ivanova (Russian Татьяна Ивановна Иванова; born February 16, 1991 Tschussowoi ) is a Russian luger.

Tatjana Ivanova, who lives in her birthplace, since 2000 operates the sport of luge. She ran in the 2007/ 08 season in the Junior Luge World Cup Indoor and finished there in the standings in fifth place, the best individual result was a third place in the final race of the season in Calgary. In Igls the young Russian made ​​his debut in the 2008 /09 season at the Luge World Cup and has been there 21 Already in her second race on the selective path of Sigulda Ivanova could be Eighth and thus achieve their first top- ten finish. At the end of the season they finished with 206 points 17th place in the overall standings. Also in the 2009/10 season made ​​it Ivanova twice in the top ten in the World Cup. She celebrated her biggest success in the European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, when she unexpectedly arrives Corinna Martini and Reithmayer won the gold medal. However, the three German were the favorites because of their Olympic preparation is not at the start. Ivanova was the first Russian woman to win a gold medal at an international luge major event and was also the first non- German who could win the 1994 European title in the women since Gerda Steiner and white. At the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 she reached the fourth place, where she missed the bronze medal by only 8 /100 sec. In the Luge World Cup 2012 in Altenberg, she was Vice World Champion in single seater and the team. Two weeks later, she won 25 February 2012 her first World Cup race in Paramonovo, which was also seen as European Luge Championships 2012.