Maria Iovleva

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

She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay. 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.

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Paralympic gold medalists for Russia

Paralympic biathletes for Russia

Paralympic cross-country skiers for Russia

Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

1990 births

Living people

Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Deaf skiers

Russian female biathletes

Russian deaf people

Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing

Paralympic medalists in biathlon