| Remigija Nazaroviene | |
| Fullname: | Remigija Nazaroviene |
| Birth Date: | 1967 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union |
| Sport: | athletics |
| Event: | Heptathlon |
| Country: | (formerly) |
| Coaching: | 2004 - present |
| Height: | 179cm (70inches)[1] |
| Weight: | 68kg (150lb)[2] |
| Pb: | 6604 points |
Remigija Nazarovienė (née Sablovskaitė; born 2 June 1967 in Ashkabad, Turkmen SSR) is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. She won the Talence Decastar twice, in 1996 and 1997, and was runner-up in 1989 and 1998. She competed at three consecutive Olympic Games (1988 to 1996), three consecutive World Championships in Athletics (1995 to 1999), ad four straight editions of the European Athletics Championships (1990 to 2002).
She holds the Lithuanian national record in heptathlon with 6604 points, and also held national records in the 100 m and 60 m hurdles.
After retirement as a heptathlete, she started coaching in Estonia. In 2009, her student, decathlete Mikk Pahapill, won the heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships.
| Representing the | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Cottbus, Germany | 4th | Heptathlon | 5693 pts | ||
| 1988 | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | Heptathlon | 6456 pts | ||
| 1989 | Helmond, Netherlands | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6600 pts | |
| Talence, France | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6375 pts | ||
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 6th | Heptathlon | 6380 pts | |
| Representing | ||||||
| 1992 | Barcelona, Spain | 14th | Heptathlon | 6141 pts | ||
| 1994 | Tallinn, Estonia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6014 pts | |
| Helsinki, Finland | 7th | Heptathlon | 6262 pts | |||
| 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 17th | Heptathlon | 6026 pts | ||
| 1996 | Götzis, Austria | 6th | Heptathlon | 6282 pts | ||
| Atlanta, United States | 10th | Heptathlon | 6254 pts | |||
| Talence, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6451 pts | ||
| 1997 | Athens, Greece | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6566 pts | ||
| Talence, France | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6536 pts | ||
| 1998 | Götzis, Austria | — | Heptathlon | |||
| New York City, United States | 4th | Heptathlon | 6346 pts | |||
| Budapest, Hungary | 4th | Heptathlon | 6394 pts | |||
| Talence, France | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6313 pts | ||
| IAAF World Combined Events Challenge | Various | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Heptathlon | 19 053 pts | |
| 1999 | Maebashi, Japan | 4th | Pentathlon | 4505 pts | ||
| Seville, Spain | 8th | Heptathlon | 6262 pts | |||
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | — | Heptathlon | ||
| 1987 | Vilnius, Soviet Union | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6241 pts | ||
| 1988 | Perm, Soviet Union | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | Pentathlon | 4561 pts | ||
| Soviet Championships | Kyiv, Soviet Union | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6566 pts | ||
| 1989 | Soviet Championships | Bryansk, Soviet Union | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6604 pts | |
| 1990 | Vilnius, Soviet Union | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6252 pts | ||
| 1992 | Vilnius, Lithuania | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6513 pts | ||
| 2002 | Kaunas, Lithuania | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Heptathlon | 6005 pts |
| Event | Result | Time | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.15 | 14 September 1996 | Talence | ||
| 1.86 | 10 June 1989 | Bryansk | ||
| 16.22 | 13 June 1988 | Kaunas | ||
| 23.79 | 14 September 1996 | Talence | ||
| 6.58 | 11 June 1989 | Bryansk | ||
| 48.20 | 15 September 1997 | Talence | ||
| 2:09.26 | 16 July 1989 | Helmond | ||
| Heptathlon | 6604 | 10–11 June 1989 | Bryansk |
| Event | Result | Time | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.20 | 7 March 1997 | Paris | ||
| Pentathlon | 4641 | 1988 | - |
After her retirement as a heptathlete, Remigija Nazarovienė started coaching in Estonia. She currently coaches Mikk Pahapill. She has coached also decathletes Andres Raja, Mikk-Mihkel Arro, Artur Liiv and heptathletes Kaie Kand, Ksenija Balta, Ebe Reier, Berit Jürgenson.
Decathlete Mikk Pahapill won European Indoor Championships in 2009 and heptathlete Ksenija Balta won bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in 2005.[3]
Her father was a javelin thrower with the result of 78.32 m, and her mother was 12.0-second 100 m performer. Her son Deividas is currently playing basketball.[4]
Nazarovienė was married to Andrei Nazarov, an Estonian decathlete who finished tenth at the 1995 World Championships.[5] She is the sister-in-law of Lithuanian discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna.