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Natalia Kocherova
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	23 February 1990 (age 34); Yegorovka, Omsk region RUSSIA
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Wheelchair racing, Cross-country skiing
Club	Rezept-sport
Coached by	Gromova Irina
Medal record
Representing Russia
Nordic skiing/Biathlon
IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships
IPC Athletics European Championships

Natalia Kocherova (born 23 February 1990) is Russian Paralympic wheelchair and cross-country skier from Omsk.^[1]

Early life

Kocherova was born in Yegorovka, Russia in 1990.^[2] An accident resulted in her right leg being amputated above the knee.^[1]

Skiing career

Kocherova first major international event as a Nordic skier was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. There she competed in two events, the 12 km Free (sitting) where she finished ninth, and the 1 km Sprint (sitting), which after taking the twelfth and final spot during qualification, she qualified for the final, finishing in fifth position.^[1]

The following year she qualified for the 2015 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin. Kocherova entered three events in the biathlon, winning a bronze medal in the 12.5 km Individual (Sitting). She followed this with four events in the cross-country, and was part of the gold medal-winning Russian team in the 4 x 2.5 km mixed relay.^[1]

She won the bronze medal in the women's 6 km sitting biathlon event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.^[3] She also won the silver medal in the women's 10 km sitting biathlon event.^[4]^[5]

Track and field career

2015 saw Kocherova qualify for the Russian team for the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. She entered seven events, including all distances in the T54: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, and 5000m. Her best result was fourth in the 800m.^[1] The next year she entered the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships, and became the tournaments most successful athlete after winning five gold and a single silver medal.^[6] At Grosseto she set championship records in the 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m races.