Natalya Ivanovna Sadova (maiden name is Koptyukh ; born July 15, 1972 in Gorky ) is a Russian discus thrower . At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she won a gold medal. Three years earlier, at the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton , she also became a winner, but subsequently lost the title of world champion, as she had an increased level of caffeine . Instead, the Belarusian champion Ellina Zvereva was declared a champion.
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Personal record - 70.02 m (1999, Thessaloniki).
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Biography
She began to do athletics with her father - Ivan Nikitovich Koptyukh [2] . Since 1992, she began to train under the guidance of her husband Mikhail Sadov [3] .
Due to the discovery of doping after the competition, May 28, 2006 was disqualified for two years until July 2008. Participated in the 2008 Olympic Games , but could not reach the final part of the competition.
Awards and titles
- Honored Master of Sports of Russia
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree - For merits to the state and high sports achievements at the XXVI Summer Olympic Games 1996 (1997) [4]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/russia/natalya-sadova-68333
- ↑ Olga and Ivan Koptyukh: “We gave birth to the Olympic champion!”
- ↑ Natalya Sadova threw a disc in a stroller
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 6, 1997 N 1 “On the awarding of state awards of the Russian Federation by athletes, coaches, physical education and sports workers following the results of the XXVI Summer Olympic Games 1996”