Natalya Nazarova

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

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
Event(s)4 × 400 metres relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens4 × 400 m
2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m
Disqualified 2012 London4 × 400 m
World Championships
1999 Seville4 × 400 m
2003 Paris4 × 400 m
2009 Berlin4 × 400 m
World Indoor Championships
1999 Maebashi4 × 400 m
2003 Birmingham400 m
2003 Birmingham4 × 400 m
2004 Budapest400 m
2004 Budapest4 × 400 m
2006 Moscow4 × 400 m
2008 Valencia4 × 400 m
2008 Valencia400 m
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 did get a silver in the relay.

She 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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