Natalya Matveyeva

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Natalya Konstantinovna Matveyeva (Russian: Ната́лья Константи́новна Матве́ева; born May 23, 1986) is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. She has a total of four victories since 2004, including three in the 2006–2007 season. All four of her victories have been in the sprint events.

As of February 17, 2007, Matveeva leads the women's sprint category in the 2006–2007 Cross country skiing World Cup going into the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan, despite never having won a World Cup event. Her best placing in individual World Cup meets is second-place, which she achieved in the 2006 Changchun and Düsseldorf meets. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 30th in the individual sprint.

Matveyeva skis for Dynamo Moscow. Her coach is Alexei Prokourorov, winner of two Winter Olympic and six FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 1988 to 1997.