Natalya Sadova
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Medal record | |||
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Natalya Sadova |
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Women's Athletics | |||
Competitor for Russia | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Discus | |
Gold | 2004 Athens | Discus | |
World Championships | |||
Silver | 2005 Helsinki | Discus | |
Bronze | 1997 Athens | Discus | |
Disqualified | 2001 Edmonton | Discus |
Natalya Sadova, née Koptyukh (born July 15, 1972) is a Russian discus thrower. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece in 2004, as well as a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
She originally won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but lost it due to a positive drugs test for caffeine. She was later cleared and let off a suspension, but in May 2006 she tested positive for an anabolic steroid and accepted a ban.
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Preceded by Franka Dietzsch |
Women's Discus Best Year Performance 1999 |
Succeeded by Nicoleta Grasu |
Preceded by Nicoleta Grasu |
Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2001 |
Succeeded by Suzy Powell |
Preceded by Suzy Powell |
Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2003 |
Succeeded by Irina Yatchenko |
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Categories: 1972 births | Living people | Discus throwers | Russian athletes | Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of Russia | Doping cases in athletics | Russian Olympic medalist stubs | Russian athletics biography stubs