Natalia Cuglievan

Natalia Cuglievan (born 20 March 1997) is a Peruvian water skier. She won gold medals for Peru at the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games.

Natalia Cuglievan
Personal information
National team Peru
Born (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997
Medal record
Representing  Peru
Pan American Games
Women's tricks
Gold medal – first place2015 Toronto
Gold medal – first place2019 Lima

Biography

Natalia Cuglievan was born on 20 March 1997[1] in Peru. She began water skiing in 2005,[2] practising at Club Bujama Lacus, 83 km south of Lima.[3] Her sister is María Cuglievan, who also competes in water skiing internationally.

Career

2011 Pan American Games

Cuglievan made her Pan American debut at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She competed in the women's tricks event. In the preliminaries on 20 October, she came in fourth with a score of 5,960, qualifying for the finals.[4] On 24 October, in the finals, she placed third in a tie with American Regina Jaquess with a score of 6,090. Their preliminary scores were used as a tie breaker — Jaquess won bronze with her initial score of 7,060, while Cuglievan took fourth place.[5]

2015 Pan American Games

Cuglievan competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. In the women's tricks preliminaries at the Ontario Place West Channel, she placed third with a score of 7840. In the finals on 23 July, Cuglievan won Peru's third gold medal of the games,[6] with 8300 points,[7] 360 points ahead of Canadian Whitney McClintock and American Erika Lang,[8]

2019 Pan American Games

At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Cuglievan competed in the women's tricks event, which took place at Club Bujama Lacus,[9] the artificial lagoon where she began water skiing.[3] In the preliminaries on 28 July, she placed fourth with a score of 7970, qualifying her for the finals.[10] In the finals, she won gold and broke a Pan American record with a score of 9910,[11] 190 points ahead of second place Erika Lang.[12]

2019 World Aquatic Ski Championships

At Putrajaya Lake in Putrajaya, Malaysia from August 13—18, 2019, Cuglievan participated in the women's tricks event at the Water Ski World Championships.[13] She scored 9570 points, winning the silver medal behind first place American, Anna Gay, and in front of third place German, Giannina Bonnemann who scored 10530 and 8740 points respectively.[14]

References
  1. "¡Bicampeona! Natalia Cuglievan gana la cuarta medalla de oro para Perú [VIDEO]". Libero (in Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. Palacios, Mijail (1 November 2019). "Natalia Cuglievan: "Se debería promover el esquí acuático en Iquitos"". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. Noriega, Jorge Chávez (19 August 2015). "Natalia Cuglievan: Al filo del agua". Ellos y Ellas (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. "Natalia Cuglievan peleará por una medalla el domingo en esquí acuático". Andina (in Spanish). Guadalajara. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  5. "Peruana Natalia Cuglievan obtiene cuarto lugar en Juegos Panamericanos". RPP (in Spanish). 24 October 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. "Toronto 2015: Natalia Cuglievan ganó medalla de oro en esquí acuático". America TV (in Spanish). 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  7. "Natalia Cuglievan: "Casi me muero, estoy muy emocionada"". Perú (in Spanish). Toronto. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  8. "Toronto 2015: Natalia Cuglievan ganó oro en esquí acuático". El Comercio (in Spanish). Toronto. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. "Laguna Bujama". Lima 2019. July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  10. "Lima 2019: peruana Natalia Cuglievan clasificó a la final del esquí acuático". Andina (in Spanish). Lima. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  11. "Natalia Cuglievan ganó la medalla de oro en esquí acuático". ESPN (in Spanish). Lima. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  12. "Natalia Cuglievan obtiene la cuarta medalla de oro para el Perú". Bielsports (in Spanish). Lima. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  13. Cuadros, Valeria Sánchez (9 August 2019). "Lima 2019: Las 7 cosas que no sabías de Natalia Cuglievan tras ganar la medalla de oro en esquí acuatico". El Bocón (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  14. Velásquez, Sebastián (19 August 2019). "Natalia Cuglievan: "Nunca pensé que iba a ganar los Juegos Panamericanos y quedar segunda en el mundial"". Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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