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

Nataliya Davydova
Personal information
Born (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 39)
Sherlovaya Gora, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2008 Beijing – 69 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Chiang Mai – 69 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Wladyslawowo – 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Sofia – 69 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Strasbourg – 69 kg

Career

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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 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 was initially awarded the bronze medal in the 69 kg category, with a total of 250 kg.[1] On 17 November 2016 the IOC disqualified Davydova 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

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  1. ^ a b c d e "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  2. ^ "DAVYDOVA Natalya". International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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