She competed at her first Olympics in
Vancouver, where she finished fourth. The same year Ivanova won the
European Championships in
Sigulda. Two years later the Russian finished second in the
World Championships in
Altenberg and successfully defended her title at the
European Championships in
Paramonovo. At the
2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, originally Ivanova, together with
Albert Demchenko,
Alexander Denisyev, and
Vladislav Antonov won the silver medal in the team relay. In December 2017, she was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the
International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the
2014 Winter Olympics. Her results at the Olympics were annulled. In January 2018, she successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as annulment of result at the court of arbitration for sport. ==World Cup podiums==