Achievements Matveeva participated in the women"s -69 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the silver medal, finishing behind Oxana Slivenko. She snatched 110 kg and clean and jerked an additional 135 kg for a total of 245 kg, 18 kg behind winner Slivenko. At the 2008 European Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 69 kg category.