Nataliya Davydova

Nataliya Davydova
Personal information
Born July 22, 1985
Sherlovaya Gora, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR

Nataliya Davydova (Ukrainian: Наталя Давидова) (born July 22, 1985 in Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter.

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category at the 2005 Junior World Championships, with a total of 233 kg.[1]

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 7th in the 69 kg category,[1] and at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she ranked 4th in the same category, lifting a total of 237 kg.[2]

Davydova won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships in the 69 kg category, with a total of 244 kg.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, with a total of 250 kg.[1] On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified Davydovaim from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped her Olympic medal and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[3]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation.
  2. "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation.
  3. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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