Margarita Vasilyeva is a Russian biathlete. The Master of Sports of Russia is a champion and a multiple winner of the national championship.
Margarita Andreevna was born and raised in an ordinary family. Gradually, the girl’s hobby for sports turned into a professional career. Previously played for Transbaikalia. Officially, the biathlete is currently a representative of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Biathlon Academy.
The path to victory
The biography of the athlete began in 1991. The child was born in the Chita region, in the urban-type settlement Novopavlovka, on June 5.
Since childhood, Rita Filippova went in for sports. She took part in school competitions and regional championships. Attention to a promising girl drew Alexander V. Kapustin. The coach invited the young athlete to practice at the ski base and became the first mentor of the future champion.
He set Margarita at a certain pace. The girl learned to cope with strong physical exertion, masterfully kept speed throughout the distance, it is especially important on the last lap.
Kapustin sent the ward to the viewing camp in Chita to Lyudmila Pavlovna Panova. Rita won the cross control training right away. The athlete began training with a new talented mentor. She was trained in shooting by Pavel Lantsov. Beginner biathlete learned all the basics.
Rita began to engage in a professionally chosen sport quite late, at 16. Already in 2011, Filippova confidently won the junior championship, brilliantly winning the individual race. In North Karelia, in the world championship held in Kontiolahti and the European Junior Tournament in Brezno in 2012, Margarita was among the participants.
Success and failure
In the sprint, the girl won the “bronze”, showed the eighth result in the pursuit. It was a success. In European competitions, successes were more modest: Rita did not rise above 11th place. At a distance, an inexperienced athlete slowed down slightly, making a mistake. This was the reason for the failure.
In 2014-2015, the girl participated in the IBU Cup. Filippova became the champion of the country in the summer biathlon, showing the best result in 2015 in the sprint.
At the Obertilliach stage, she took 21st place. Participation in various championships continued. In 2016, Margarita won the qualifiers. The athlete went to the world championship in summer biathlon in Otepää. Rita started only in the mixed relay.
At the national championship Margarita showed the first result in 2017, winning the “gold”. Repeatedly, the athlete was among the winners of the competition.
In 2018, April 4, the Russian Championship was held in Khaty-Mansiysk. The biathlete won the mass start, showed the second result in the pursuit and won the “bronze” in the sprint. Following the results of 2017-2018, Filippova climbed to first place and won the standings of the Cup of the country.
In August, as part of a team in Nova Mesto, Rita climbed to the very top of the podium, becoming the first in the mixed relay at the world summer biathlon championships. Filippova trained in the main team of the Russian team. Her mentor in the season 2018-2019 was Vitaly Noritsyn.
Family and sport
The press knows little about Margarita’s personal life: the athlete does not like to talk about this topic. Filippova and Vasilyev became husband and wife. Replaced. Margarita, who became Vasilyeva, hides the profession of the chosen one from the media. A child, a son, appeared in the family. In the biathlete’s account on Instagram, there are many pictures and videos with her baby. Mom always writes that she misses him in the comments on the publications.
Doctors diagnosed the athlete with bronchial asthma last year. It is legal to take the drugs necessary to continue a sports career with an official therapeutic exception. It will provide inhalation of salbutamol, recognized as doping and acceptable only in small doses by the WADA code. The threshold substance guarantees the continuation of the sports career of a talented biathlete.
In 2018, an athlete was threatened with disqualification for missing doping tests. However, the IBU admitted its mistake in its case.
Margarita does not despair because of problems. She is distinguished by perseverance, a great desire for victory. Vasilyeva has both fortitude and endurance. Any obstacles are on her shoulder.
