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Tikhvin

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n female biathlete

Biathlon

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 who lives in Saint Petersburg

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. Besides her biathlon career, she is a professional soldier, and as such represents the Russian Army

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 sports club. Guseva started with biathlon as a 12-year old, in 1994.

Career highlights

Major championships:

• Guseva has one World Championship medal: the bronze
  Bronze medal
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   in the Sprint event of the 2007 World Championships
  Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Sprint
  Event: 7.5 km Sprint WomenDate: February 3, 2007Place: Antholz, ItalyStart Time: 14:15 CETEnd Time: 15:24 CET-Results:Did not start:*Andrijana Stipanicic, Did not finish:*Lenka Munclingerova, Jury Decisions:...
  
   in Antholz
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  , Italy. In the same Championships, she got three other top-10 placements: 4th place in the Pursuit
  Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Pursuit
  Event: 10 km Pursuit WomenDate: February 4, 2007Place: Antholz, ItalyStart Time: 14:15 CETEnd Time: 14:55 CET-Results:* P - Prone, S - Standing, T - Total penaltiesDid not start:*Johanna Holma, SWE*Liming Liu, CHN*Magda Rezlerova, CZE...
  
  , 4th in the Mass start
  Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Mass Start
  Event: 12.5 km Mass Start WomenDate: February 10, 2007Place: Antholz, ItalyStart Time: 14:15 CETEnd Time: 14:57 CET-Results:...
  
  , and 7th in the Relay
  Biathlon World Championships 2007 - Women's Relay
  Event: 4x6km Relay WomenDate: February 11, 2007Start Time: 11:15 CET-Results:...
  
  .
• In the 2004 World Championships in Oberhof
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  , Germany, Guseva finished 10th in the Pursuit, and 7th in the Mass start.
• In her first Winter Olympics, the 2006 OWG in Torino
  Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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  , she took part in the Mass start event, where she finished 24th.

Biathlon World Cup:

• Guseva has one BWC race victory, the Sprint in Antholz in the 2003-04 season.
• She has one second place, in the Mass start at the same BWC meet.
• She has two third places: the Individual competition in Hochfilzen
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  in the 2005-06 season, and the Sprint in Antholz in the 2006-07 season, the same Sprint as the World Championship one where she got her bronze medal.

External links

• Natalia Guseva profile on biathlonworld.com