Natalya Zabolotnaya Explained

Natalia Zabolotnaya
Fullname:Natalya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:1985 8, df=y
Birth Place:Salsk, Rostov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Years Active:2003-
Height:1.68m (05.51feet)
Weight:75kg (165lb)
Country:Russia
Sport:Olympic weightlifting
Event:75 kg
Club:Rostov Army
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Updated:22 November 2016

Natalya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya (Russian: Наталья Александровна Заболотная; born 15 August 1985) is a Russian weightlifter.[1] [2]

Career

Zabolotnaya competed in the women's 75 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won the silver medal, lifting 272.5 kg in total. The result qualified as a world record, but it was also achieved by Pawina Thongsuk, who won the competition. Zabolotnaya won a gold medal in the 75 kg weightclass at the 2010 European Championship.

She originally was awarded the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 75 kg category with a total of 291 kg. This result was an Olympic record, which was also achieved by Svetlana Podobedova who was awarded a medal the competition by virtue of lighter bodyweight, though Podobedova's medal was also subsequently stripped of her medal due to doping. Zabolotnaya's 131 kg snatch was a (later nullified due to doping-related cheating) Olympic record.

In November 2016, Zabolotnaya was stripped of her 2012 Olympic medal after her drug sample tested positive.[3]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=40 1width=40 2width=40 3width=40 Rankwidth=40 1width=40 2width=40 3width=40 Rank
Olympic Games
align=left 120 125 127.5 1 142.5 147.5 152.5 2 272.5
align=left 125 128 131 1 147 155 160 2 291 (2nd)
World Championships
align=left 123 127 130 148 153 155 285
align=left 124 127 131 150 156 156 281
align=left 128 133 133 153 160 163 293
European Championships
align=left 75 kg 102.5 107.5 107.5 127.5 132.5 135 240
align=left 75 kg 122 127 131 145 151 160 278
align=left 75 kg 118 123 127 135 140 141 264
align=left 75 kg 112 118 120 140 145 -- 265
align=left 75 kg 122 127 129 150 156 -- 285
align=left 75 kg 128 133 -- 153 158 158 286
World Junior Championships
2002 align=left 69 kg 95 100 102.5 5 110 115 120 5 215 5
IWF GRAND PRIX
2011 align=left 75 kg 125 135 136 1 150 150 161 1 296

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natalya Zabolotnaya . London2012.com . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130502074555/https://www.london2012.com/athlete/zabolotnaya-natalya-1013574/ . 2 May 2013.
  2. Nataliya Zabolotnaya . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204053927/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/za/nataliya-zabolotnaya-1.html . dead . 4 December 2016 . Full name: Nataliya Aleksandrovna Zabolotnaya / Original name: Наталья Александровна Заболотная.
  3. Web site: London 2012: Yuliya Zaripova among 12 disqualified after retests . BBC.com . 21 November 2016 . 22 November 2016 . Nataliya Zabolotnaya, who won silver in the women's 75kg weightlifting.