Natasha Jane Barker (born 30 November 1970 in Sydney) is an Australian weightlifter, competing in the 53 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions.

Natasha Barker
Personal information
Full nameNatasha Jane Barker
NationalityAustralian
Born (1970-11-30) 30 November 1970 (age 53)
Sydney, Australia
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class53 kg
ClubBurwood PCYC
TeamNational team
Coached byLuke Borreggine
Retired2006
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 53 kg clean & jerk
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 53 kg snatch
Silver medal – second place 2002 Manchester 53 kg combined
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Melbourne 58 kg combined
Updated on 27 September 2016

She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 58 kg event.[1] She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

She was silver medallist in the 53kg category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK; and won a bronze medal in the 58kg division at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2000   Sydney, Australia 58 kg 10
World Championships
2002   Warsaw, Poland 53 kg 72.5 77.5 80 11 92.5 97.5 97.5 15 170 12
1999   Piraeus, Greece 58 kg 72.5 77.5 80 23 92.5 97.5 100 23 177.5 24

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natasha Barker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2002 Weightlifting World Championships – Natasha Jane Barker". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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