1 career win
Natalia Kovaleva
Natalia Kovaleva is an American IFBB Pro in women's bodybuilding who has finished in the top seven at two Ms. Olympias. 10 professional contests are on record since 2016.
Known for
Fifth at the 2023 Ms. Olympia and seventh in 2025. The win that took her there was the New York Pro in 2023, her first professional win, and she was runner-up at the Rising Phoenix Pro in 2025.
Early career
Her first recorded contest was in Women's Physique in 2016. She moved to women's bodybuilding from 2018 and spent several seasons outside the top eight: ninth at the Wings of Strength Chicago Pro in 2018, twelfth at the Tampa Pro in 2019, fourteenth at the Lenda Murray Savannah Pro in 2021. Every recorded contest is professional.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Natalia Kovaleva.
Ms. Olympia
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Natalia Kovaleva, 10 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Natalia Kovaleva competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IFBB Rising Phoenix Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #2 | Andrea Shaw |
| 2025 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding (Open) | #7 | Andrea Shaw |
| 2023 | IFBB New York Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2023 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #5 | Andrea Shaw |
| 2021 | IFBB Rising Phoenix Arizona Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #16 | Andrea Shaw |
| 2021 | Lenda Murray Savannah Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #14 | Reshanna Boswell |
| 2019 | IFBB Tampa Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #12 | Helle Trevino |
| 2018 | IFBB Wings of Strength Chicago Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #9 | Jill Blondin |
| 2018 | Romania Muscle Fest Pro | Women's Bodybuilding | #11 | Monique Jones |
| 2016 | IFBB New York Pro | Women's Physique | Unplaced | Shanique Grant |
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Natalia Kovaleva those sources are NPC Contests and Wikipedia. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable.
Every professional season
- Pro Debut
- 2016
- First Win
- 2023
- Last Contest
- 2025
Natalia Kovaleva at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | Women's Bodybuilding |
| 2025 | 7 | Women's Bodybuilding |
Data updated
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 4 meetings, Andrea Shaw finished ahead of Natalia Kovaleva 4 times to 0.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
Sources
Contest record from the Fitness Volt bodybuilding database. No height, weight or birth date is held for her.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 10 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
No height, weight or birthdate on record.

