Natalia Soboleva


Natalia Andreyevna Soboleva is a Russian snowboarder, specializing in alpine snowboarding. She is the sister of Olympic snowboarder and 2015 World Champion Andrey Sobolev.

Career

Soboleva competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. She was disqualified in the qualifying run of the parallel giant slalom. In the parallel slalom, she qualified 15th, then lost to Ester Ledecka in the 1/8 finals, ending up 15th overall.
As of September 2014, her best showing at the World Championships is 7th, in the 2013 parallel slalom.
Soboleva made her World Cup debut in March 2011. As of September 2014, her best finish is 4th, in a pair of events at Bad Gastein. Her best overall finish is 12th, in 2013–14.

World Cup podiums

Individual podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2017–1816 December 2017 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItaliaParallel Slalom3rd
2018–1926 January 2019 Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS2nd
2019–2018 January 2020 Rogla, SloveniaParallel GS3rd

Team podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlaceTeammate
2018–1927 January 2019 Moscow, RussiaParallel Slalom Team2ndAndrey Sobolev