Maria Iovleva

Maria Iovleva (born 18 February 1990) is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.^[1]

Women's 2.4km Pursuit Sitting Biathlon flower ceremony at the 2010 Paralympics. Olena Iurkovska of Ukraine (gold), **Maria Iovleva** of Russia (silver), Lyudmyla Pavlenko of Ukraine (bronze).

She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold^[2] and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay.^[3] She is deaf and paralyzed. She lives in a home with twelve other disabled women, but she dreams of getting an apartment of her own due to her medal wins.^[4]

References

^ Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ The Province
^ Vancouver Sun
^ The Moscow Times

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[1] Vancouver 2010 Profile Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine

[2] The Province

[3] Vancouver Sun

[4] The Moscow Times

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