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{{Short description|Italian archer (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Natalia Valeeva
| image = NataliaValeeva1.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|15 November 1969}}
| birth_place = [[Tîrnauca]], [[Moldavian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Moldova]])
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [[archery]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{EUN}} }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|Individual]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Archery Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1991 World Archery Championships|1991 Kraków]] | Team }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MDA}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Archery Championships|1995 Jakarta]] | Individual }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Archery Championships|1999 Riom]] | [[1999 World Archery Championships#Recurve|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Archery Championships|2007 Leipzig]] | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 World Archery Championships|2011 Turin]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2001 World Archery Championships|2001 Beijing]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 World Archery Championships|2007 Leipzig]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Archery Championships#Indoor|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Indoor Archery Championships|1991 Oulu]] | Individual }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MDA}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1995 World Indoor Archery Championships|1995 Birmingham]] | Individual }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1993 World Indoor Archery Championships|1993 Perpignan]] | Individual }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Indoor Archery Championships|1999 Havana]] | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 World Indoor Archery Championships|2001 Florence]] | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Indoor Archery Championships|2009 Rzeszów]] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 World Indoor Archery Championships|2012 Las Vegas]] | Individual }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2009 World Indoor Archery Championships|2009 Rzeszów]] | Individual }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Indoor Archery Championships|2012 Las Vegas]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|[[Archery at the 2015 European Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2015 European Games|2015 Baku]]|[[Archery at the 2015 European Games|Mixed team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition| [[European Archery Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MDA}} }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1996 European Archery Championships|1996 Kranjska Gora]] | Individual }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 European Archery Championships|2002 Oulu]] | Individual }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 European Archery Championships|2010 Rovareto]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 European Archery Championships|2012 Amsterdam]] | Mixed team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1998 European Archery Championships|1998 Boé/Agen]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2004 European Archery Championships|2004 Brucelles]] | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1998 European Archery Championships|1998 Boé/Agen]] | Individual }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 European Archery Championships|2000 Antalya]] | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 European Archery Championships|2010 Rovareto]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Archery Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
{{MedalGold| 1989 Athens | Team }}
{{MedalGold| 1989 Athens | Individual }}
{{MedalCountry | {{MDA}} }}
{{MedalGold| 1996 Mol | Individual}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold| 2002 Ankara | Individual}}
{{MedalGold| 2010 Poreč | Individual}}
{{MedalSilver| 2010 Poreč | Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 2011 Cambrils | Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Rzeszów | Team}}
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Rzeszów | Individual}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almeria]]|[[Archery at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2013 Mediterranean Games|2013 Mersin]]|[[Archery at the 2013 Mediterranean Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2005 Mediterranean Games|2005 Almeria]]|[[Archery at the 2005 Mediterranean Games|Individual]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2013 Mediterranean Games|2013 Mersin]]|[[Archery at the 2013 Mediterranean Games|Individual]]}}
}}

'''Natalia Valeeva''' (born 15 November 1969 in [[Tîrnauca]], [[Moldova]]) is a naturalized Italian [[archery|archer]].<ref>[http://old.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=381&action=&onyuz= World Archery profile – Natalia Valeeva] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626055855/http://old.archery.org/results/archer_update.asp?id=381&action=&onyuz= |date=2014-06-26 }}</ref> She is a five-time Olympian and [[World Archery Rankings#Number one ranked archers|former world number one]], and a native of [[Moldova]], having represented the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]], Moldova and Italy, at the Olympic Games of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. She won the individual and team bronze medals in the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]].

==Personal life==
Valeeva is the mother of twins, and is married to an Italian native (Roberto Cocchi). She is sponsored by [[Hoyt Archery]] and Easton Technical Products as a member of their Pro Staff.

==1992 Summer Olympics==
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Valeeva represented the [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]] and won the individual bronze medal with [[Cho Youn-Jeong]] and [[Kim Soo-Nyung]], both representing [[South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics|South Korea]], winning gold and silver. She also won the team bronze medal with [[Lyudmila Arzhannikova]] and [[Khatuna Lorig|Khatouna Kvrivichvili]] with South Korea winning gold and [[China at the 1992 Summer Olympics|China]] winning silver.

==1996 Summer Olympics==
Valeeva represented [[Moldova at the 1996 Summer Olympics]], where she was defeated in the third round.

==2000 Summer Olympics==
Valeeva represented [[Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics]], gaining seventh place in both the individual and the team event.

==2004 Summer Olympics==
In her next Olympic appearance, Valeeva represented Italy at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] where she placed 9th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 650. In the first elimination round, held in challenging windy conditions, she faced 56th-ranked [[Jasmin Figueroa]] of the [[Philippines]]. The biggest upset of the round, this match saw Valeeva lose to Figueroa 132–130 in the 18-arrow match, dropping all the way to 53rd overall in women's individual archery.

==2007 World Championships==
In the World Championships of 2007, in [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]], Valeeva won the gold medal, beating Korean top archer Park, holder of the [[International Archery Federation|FITA]] world record for the qualifying round of 1405 points (of a possible 1440). This was Valeeva's second gold medal in the outdoor World Championships, her first having been in 1995. So far in her career, Valeeva has collected 7 individual gold medals in World Championships (indoor and outdoor), and is among the select archers to have won both the Indoor and Outdoor World Championships in the same year, achieving this remarkable feat in 1995.

==2008 Summer Olympics==
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in [[Beijing]] Valeeva finished her ranking round with a total of 634 points. This gave her the 30th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced [[Anastassiya Bannova]] in the first round, beating the archer from [[Kazakhstan]] with 107–105. In the second round she came close, but was eliminated by third seed [[Joo Hyun-Jung]] with 110–108.<ref name="beijing">{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/207788.shtml |title=Athlete biography: Natalia Valeeva |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=[[The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813080630/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/207788.shtml |archive-date=2008-08-13 |access-date=November 18, 2023}}</ref> Together with [[Pia Carmen Maria Lionetti]] and [[Elena Tonetta]] she also took part in the team event. With her 634 score from the ranking round combined with the 613 of Lionetti and the 595 of Tonetta the Italian team was in 9th position after the ranking round. In the first round they were too strong for the team from [[Chinese Taipei]], beating them with 215–211. However, in the quarter-final they were eliminated by the eventual gold medalists from [[South Korea]], despite a 217 points score. The Koreans managed to shoot a new World Record of 231 points to advance to the semi-final.<ref name="beijing" />

==2012 Summer Olympics==

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 32 before being knocked out by [[Ksenia Perova]], and was part of the Italian team that was knocked out by China in the first round.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/individual-fita-olympic-round-70m-w |title=Women's Individual Archery |access-date=3 August 2014 |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/archery/team-fita-olympic-round-70m-w |title=Women's Team Event |access-date=3 August 2014 |website=www.olympic.org |publisher=IOC }}</ref>

==Individual performance timeline==

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
! width=200|Tournament !! width=30|1992 !! width=30|1993 !! width=30|1994 !! width=30|1995 !! width=30|1996 !! width=30|1997 !! width=30|1998 !! width=30|1999 !! width=30|2000 !! width=30|2001 !! width=30|2002 !! width=30|2003 !! width=30|2004 !! width=30|2005 !! width=30|2006 !! width=30|2007 !! width=30|2008 !! width=30|2009 !! width=30|2010 !! width=30|2011 !! width=30|2012 !! width=30|2013 !! width=30|2014 !! width=30|{{Tooltip| SR | Strike rate}}
|-
! Competitor for !! {{EUN}} !! colspan="4" | {{MDA}} !! colspan="18"|{{ITA}} !!
|-
| colspan="25" style="text-align:left;" | '''[[World Archery Federation|World Archery]] tournaments'''
|-
| align=left | [[Archery at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| style="background:#DAA520;" | [[Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|3rd]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|3R]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | [[Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|QF]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|1R]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|2R]]
| colspan="3" style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's individual|2R]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#808080;" |
| 0/6
|-
| align=left | [[World Archery Championships|World Championships]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[1993 World Archery Championships|1R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#FFD700;" | [[1995 World Archery Championships|W]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[1997 World Archery Championships|2R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[1999 World Archery Championships|1R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2001 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|3R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | [[2003 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|QF]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:thistle;" | [[2005 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|4th]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#FFD700;" | [[2007 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|W]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2009 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|4R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2011 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|3R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2013 World Archery Championships – Women's individual recurve|1R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| 2/11
|-
| align=left | [[Archery World Cup|World Cup]]
| colspan="24"|
|-
| align=right | ''Stage 1''
| colspan="14" style="background:#808080;" |
|
|
| style="background:#FFD700;" | [[2008 Archery World Cup|W]]
| style="background:#FFD700;" | [[2009 Archery World Cup|W]]
|
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | [[2011 Archery World Cup|QF]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2012 Archery World Cup|4R]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | [[2013 Archery World Cup|QF]]
|
| 2/5
|-
| align=right | ''Stage 2''
| colspan="14" style="background:#808080;" |
|
| style="background:thistle;" | [[2007 Archery World Cup|4th]]
| style="background:thistle;" | [[2008 Archery World Cup|4th]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2009 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2011 Archery World Cup|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2012 Archery World Cup|1R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2013 Archery World Cup|4R]]
|
| 0/6
|-
| align=right | ''Stage 3''
| colspan="14" style="background:#808080;" |
|
| style="background:thistle;" | [[2007 Archery World Cup|4th]]
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | [[2008 Archery World Cup|QF]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2009 Archery World Cup|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2010 Archery World Cup|2R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2011 Archery World Cup|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2012 Archery World Cup|1R]]
|
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2014 Archery World Cup|4R]]
| 0/7
|-
| align=right | ''Stage 4''
| colspan="14" style="background:#808080;" |
|
|
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2008 Archery World Cup|2R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2009 Archery World Cup|3R]]
|
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2011 Archery World Cup|3R]]
| style="background:#808080;" |
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2013 Archery World Cup|3R]]
| style="background:#afeeee;" | [[2014 Archery World Cup|1R]]
| 0/5
|-
| align=right | ''World Cup Final''
| colspan="14" style="background:#808080;" |
|
| DNQ
| style="background:thistle;" | [[2008 Archery World Cup|4th]]
| DNQ
| DNQ
| DNQ
| DNQ
| DNQ
| DNQ
| 0/2
|-
! style=text-align:left|[[World Archery Rankings|End of year world ranking]]
| colspan="9" style="background:#808080;" |
! 5
! 2
! 2
! 10
! 9
! 37
! 3
! 3
! 5
! 25
! 14
! 32
! 25
!
!
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Archery}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{World Champions Individual Recurve Women}}

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