Vera Andreeva

Vera Sergeyevna Andreyeva (also Vera Andreeva, Russian: Вера Сергеевна Андреева; born May 10, 1988 in Cheboksary) is a Russian amateur mountain biker.[1] She represented her nation Russia, as a 20-year-old junior, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later finished second in the women's elite cross-country race at the 2012 Russian Mountain Biking Championships.

Vera Andreeva
Personal information
Full nameVera Sergeyevna Andreyeva
Born (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988
Cheboksary, Russian SFSR
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamDynamo Cheboksary
DisciplineMountain biking
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country

Andreeva qualified for the Russian squad, along with her teammate and top medal contender Irina Kalentieva, in the women's cross-country race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths based on her top-ten performance from the UCI Mountain Biking World Rankings.[2] With two laps left to complete the race, Andreeva suffered a heat-related fatigue under Beijing's hot and humid weather, and instead decided to pull off from the course, finishing only in twenty-third place.[3][4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vera Andreeva". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. В олимпийскую сборную вошла шестая спортсменка из Чувашии - маунтинбайкер Вера Андреева [In the Olympic team came sixth athlete from Chuvashia – mountain biker Vera Andreeva] (in Russian). REGNUM News Agency. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. "Women's Cross-Country Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. "Spitz wins scorcher in Beijing". Velo News. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2013.


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