Natalya Nazarova

Natalya Viktorovna Nazarova (Russian: Наталья Викторовна Назарова, born May 26, 1979, Moscow) is a track and field sprinter.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovna and the family name is Nazarova.
Natalya Nazarova
Nazarova at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.
Personal information
Born (1979-05-26) May 26, 1979[1][2]
Moscow
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
Event4 × 400 metres relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens4 × 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m
Disqualified 2012 London4 × 400 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Seville4 × 400 m
Silver medal – second place2003 Paris4 × 400 m
Bronze medal – third place2009 Berlin4 × 400 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Maebashi4 × 400 m
Gold medal – first place2003 Birmingham400 m
Gold medal – first place2003 Birmingham4 × 400 m
Gold medal – first place2004 Budapest400 m
Gold medal – first place2004 Budapest4 × 400 m
Gold medal – first place2006 Moscow4 × 400 m
Gold medal – first place2008 Valencia4 × 400 m
Silver medal – second place2008 Valencia400 m
Disqualified 2010 Doha 4 × 400 m

She was born in Moscow. Following a personal best time of 49.65 seconds run a fortnight earlier, Natalya had lost form by the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and only just made the final finishing 8th. She won a silver medal in the relay run and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships.

On January 8, 2004 Natalya Nazarova broke the sixteen-year-old indoor world record for the rarely run 500 metres in a time of 1:07.36, that had been set by Olga Nazarova (no relation).

Major achievements

References
  1. Natalya Nazarova at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. "Nataliya Nazarova Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
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