Yevgeniya Shapovalova

Yevgeniya Anatoljewna Schapowalowa (Russian Евгения Анатольевна Шаповалова; born June 15, 1986 in Nizhny Tagil ) is a Russian cross-country skier.

Life and career

Your first mission in the Cross Country World Cup had Schapowalowa in the season 2006/ 07 in Dusseldorf. However, where they in 48th to qualify for the finals in the sprint competition clearly failed. A month later, she qualified for the first time in Kuusamo for the finals in a World Cup competition and could win their first World Cup as a 13 - points. In Otepaeae she reached the sprint, which was in the classical technique, discharged, first the A-final and third place ersprintete with their first podium. In the Chinese city of Changchun in front of the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2007 she succeeded two weeks her first World Cup victory. Also in Sapporo, she qualified for the finals, but different in the quarterfinals and finished in 19th place. In the team sprint, it reached the twelfth place with Natalya Matwejewa. At the end of the season they finished ninth overall in the sprint competitions of the World Cup. Also enter in the 2007/ 08 season Schapowalowa good results in sprint competitions. Among other things, she finished sixth in Kuusamo and together with Matwejewa third in the team sprint in Liberec. In the U23 World Championships in times she finished in 18th place. In the following season they could consolidate the achievements of recent years. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec she was not nominated for the individual sprint. In the team sprint, it reached together with Matwejewa the final round and finished at the end of the ninth. At the first sprint competition of the 2008/09 season in Kuusamo she reached the finals where she could fight for fifth place at the end.